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NationalCreditReport.com advises that even with the new law in place to protect students, they still need an understanding of their credit report and score.
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Building a Credit Score: College Students May Find It More Challenging This Year
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AP – Oil prices fell to near $77 a barrel Thursday in Asia, extending losses amid signs the global economy will grow at a slower rate in the second half than previously expected.
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Oil falls near $77 on signs global economy slowing
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AP – Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, the world’s largest brewer, said Thursday that the football World Cup helped push up sales in the second quarter, boosting net profit by 7.5 percent to $1.15 billion.
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AB InBev Q2 profit up 7.5 pct on World Cup boost
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AP – Oil prices fell below $78 a barrel Thursday in Asia, extending losses amid signs the global economy will grow at a slower rate in the second half than previously expected.
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Oil falls below $78 on signs world economy slowing
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AP – With the oil well that had been spewing into the Gulf of Mexico plugged from the top and BP PLC and federal officials pondering whether the final plug, or “bottom kill,” is needed, local officials fear national disengagement from what remains a crisis of unknown proportions.
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Gulf leaders wary over wavering on final plug
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Reuters – U.S. stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Thursday following Wednesday’s sharp sell-off triggered by rising concerns over the outlook for the global economy.
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Stock index futures mixed as Cisco eyed
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Reuters – A meeting of Indian officials and telecoms operators on whether to restrict Research in Motion’s BlackBerry services over national security fears was inconclusive, a top government official said on Thursday.
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India says BlackBerry meeting "inconclusive"
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AP – The number of U.S. homes lost to foreclosure surged in July, another sign lenders are moving quicker to take back properties from homeowners behind in payments.
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Homes lost to foreclosure up 6 pct from last year
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AP – Aegon NV, the Dutch insurer, said Thursday it made a profit in the second quarter as its gains on investments improved and it suffered fewer losses and impairment charges than in any quarter in the past two years.
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Aegon Q2 makes profit amid fewer one-time charges
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Reuters – General Motors Co has secured a $5 billion credit facility, two people briefed on the bank deal said on Wednesday, marking the return of the top U.S. automaker to the capital markets a year after it emerged from a landmark bankruptcy
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GM ties up $5 billion bank deal, IPO filing Friday: sources
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Reuters – American International Group Inc has started talks with potential investors to sell stakes in its Asian life insurance business AIA ahead of AIA’s planned IPO, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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AIG talking to big investors on AIA IPO: sources
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Reuters – Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc is in talks with Ronald Burkle’s investment firm to end the billionaire’s lawsuit and avoid a potential fight over the company’s board, a source with knowledge of the talks told Reuters late Wednesday.
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Barnes & Noble and Burkle in talks to end fight: source
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AP – Qantas Airways Ltd. posted a 4.3 percent fall in annual profit — partly blaming the Icelandic volcano ash that shut down air travel over Europe earlier this year — but said market conditions were improving
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Qantas posts 4 pct drop in annual profit to $100M
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Barry and Fran Weissler, the producers of the Broadway musical “Chicago,” commissioned the sculptor Beverly Pepper to build an amphitheater on their Westchester estate.
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House Proud: Theater Producers Put Drama in Their Own Backyard
The cheeky title is about the only irresistible element in “Abraham Lincoln’s Big, Gay Dance Party,” a rambling pageant of clumsy drama and preachy moralizing.
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Theater Review | ‘Abraham Lincoln’s Big, Gay Dance Party’: Chris Smith Directs a Play More or Less About Lincoln
Alex Karpovsky’s documentary films a New York show by the Chicago improv team T J and Dave, and preparations and post-mortems before and after a performance.
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Movie Review | ‘Trust Us, This Is All Made Up’: T J and Dave, Creating Plays on the Go Onstage
AP – Telstra Corp., Australia’s largest telecommunications company, reported a 4.7 percent fall in full-year net profit on Thursday, as Australians continued to drop home telephone lines in favor of mobiles.
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Australia’s Telstra sees 4.7 pct drop in profits
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AFP – Australia’s Qantas Airways Thursday announced a 4.3 percent drop in full-year net profits but said conditions were improving as the industry recovers from its battering in the financial crisis.
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Australia’s Qantas profits down 4.3 percent
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AP – A Kirkland financial planner who looted her clients’ investment accounts to the tune of $12 million was sentenced Wednesday to six years and eight months in prison by a federal judge who praised her for cooperating after she got caught.
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Wash. money planner gets about 7 years for fraud
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AP – ON THE MEND: Cisco Systems Inc., the world’s largest maker of computer networking gear, said revenue rose 27 percent from a year ago, and net income jumped 79 percent, as business bounced back from the recession.
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Summary Box: Cisco revenue misses expectations
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Reuters – Macy’s Inc quarterly results showed the department store operator boosted sales and gained market share without relying as much on discounts as its rivals to get shoppers into stores.
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Macy’s gains market share, sees better sales
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AP – Cisco Systems Inc. reported stronger earnings in the latest quarter as its customers continued to catch up on delayed purchases of networking gear, but its CEO said the company was seeing signs of the economic recovery slowing down.
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Cisco income up, but signs of slowing recovery
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