Consuming Interests: Striking statistics on student loan debt

Lately, many people have been weighing the value of a college education versus the burden of years of student loan debt. Half of all students graduating from colleges and universities within the state carry debt, and the average student loan debt here is $18,647, ranking 13th in the list.

The Clean-up Crew

Debt Takes a Holiday : Entrepreneurs Dave and Cindy MacMillan help people shed unwanted vacation property.' In the boom times before the recession began in December 2007, when consumers felt flush, it wasn't enough to have one home, they also bought vacation property. It wasn't enough to build one new condo building, developers had to construct five within a 10-block radius. Credit was flowing ...

BMO Financial Group Reports Solid Results for its Third Quarter, Earning $669 Million of Net Income

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 24, 2010) - BMO Financial Group (TSX:BMO)(NYSE:BMO) and BMO Bank of Montreal - /

Foresight makes Wright Express worth watching

The South Portland company is buying a similar Australian company and expanding there.

German Bond Default, BP, Credit Suisse, Wells Fargo, Lehman in Court News

Germany must face a lawsuit over bonds that defaulted under Adolf Hitler in the 1930s, a U.S. appeals court ruled, saying the nation isn’t immune from the claims and that American courts have jurisdiction to decide whether the bonds are enforceable.