Category Archives: Technology
How Co-Signers Can Get Out From Student Loans
Most private student loans require the borrower to have a co-signer — some credit-worthy adult willing to put his name and money on the line for someone with no income of his own and no repayment history. It’s always risky … Continue reading
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College Loan Debt… Even After Death
It took six years and nearly 80,000 signatures on an online petition to persuade KeyBank (NYSE: KEY) to forgive the student loan debt of a deceased student. Christopher Bryski was injured in a recreational accident in 2004 when he was … Continue reading
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Facing Reality
I created a Facebook page because I realized it was the most annoying thing I could do to my kids. Kids don’t want their parents on a social network they consider their own, and grow especially uncomfortable when their classmates … Continue reading
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Fear of Falling and Being Followed
If I could have the superpower of my choice, I’d take the ability to fly. But based on my impulsivity, I’d probably fly too close to the sun, like the Greek god Icarus. So I’d be better off with my … Continue reading
Numbers Game
If you want to buy or lease real estate, find a broker. But if you just want to get a full picture of the real estate in a specific geographic area, then find the census enumerator that worked the block. … Continue reading
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Human Unpredictability
Humans aren’t rational. So why should financial theories assume that they are? That’s the question writer Chelsea Wald posed in Crazy Money, in the Dec. 12, 2008 issue of Science. It’s a reasonable question, she explains. Even the experts seem bewildered by the current … Continue reading
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