47 h. ago Jamie Dimon reveals what Trump must do NOW... as China trade war sparks economic Armageddon

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has offered hope on the morning Trump's sweeping tariff kick in and stocks continue to tumble.

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7 d. ago Amazon, OnlyFans creator and crypto company bid for TikTok as deadline looms

Zoop, a startup run by OnlyFans founder Tim Stokely, reportedly partnered with a cryptocurrency company to make a late-stage bid

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8 d. ago US banks predict climate goals will fail – but air conditioning firms will thrive

Reports predict global heating will bring catastrophes and that air conditioning market could grow by 41%The world is on track for disastrous global heating – but this will create profits for some air conditioning companies, according to forecasts by leading Wall Street financial institutions.Recent reports by Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase and the Institute of International Finance all make clear the finance sector considers the Paris climate agreement limiting global temperatures, signed a decade ago by nearly 200 nations, is effectively dead and investors should plan accordingly. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Revealed: London university named among worst for student loan fraud in leaked report

The Student Loans Company has identified 543 fraudulent applications, amounting to £6.2 million, from students linked to University of West London

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1 week ago Student loan startup founder found guilty of defrauding JPMorgan Chase of $175m

Charlie Javice, who appeared in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for starting Frank, faked a list of 4 million customersCharlie Javice, the charismatic founder of a startup company that claimed to be revolutionizing the way college students apply for financial aid, was convicted on Friday of defrauding one of the largest US banks, JPMorgan Chase, out of $175m by exaggerating her customer base by 10 times.A jury in New York City returned its verdict after a five-week trial. Javice, 32, faces the possibility of a lengthy prison term. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Charlie Javice convicted of defrauding JPMorgan during $175 million sale of financial aid startup

The founder of a startup company that claimed to be revolutionizing the way college students apply for financial aid has been convicted of defrauding JPMorgan Chase out of $175 million

Economics

2 w. ago Education Department reopens applications for student loan repayment plans

The U.S. Education Department reopened online applications Wednesday for income-driven repayment plans for student loan borrowers

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2 w. ago Fraudulent student loan claims under investigation after TikTok videos encourage false applications

At least £3.7m of fraudulent student loan claims were identified last year, according to reports

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2 w. ago Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson launches fraud probe into fake student loan claims

Ms Phillipson directed the Public Sector Fraud Authority to help co-ordinate the response to the allegations and support the investigations already under way.

Society

3 w. ago Thousands affected by major student loans error as huge blunder uncovered

Jennie Bradbury, 38, from Stoke on Trent, received a loan for tuition fees worth £2,395 - but it took the Student Loans Company (SLC) four years to cancel it

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3 w. ago There’s nothing elitist about college or university. We should reject that idea | Carlo Invernizzi

Higher education institutions continue to function as powerful engines of social mobility. They need more, not less, supportIt’s no secret that the Trump administration is not a friend of the country’s higher education system. During a speech he gave at the National Conservatism conference in October 2021, vice-president JD Vance pinpointed American universities as “the enemy” while repeating a litany of increasingly familiar charges about their purported cultural elitism, radical-left ideological agenda, and incapacity to prepare students for the real needs of the labor market.More recently, Donald Trump has also endorsed plans to tax university endowments and abolish the Department of Education, which oversees both the federal Pell Grant system and most federally subsidized student loan programs, jointly accounting for about 40% of the country’s higher education revenues.Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti is executive director of the Moynihan Center and full professor of political science a...

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4 w. ago Some student loan repayment plans have been suspended. Here's what borrowers should know

The Trump administration’s recent changes to student loans are causing frustration and confusion for some borrowers

Economics

4 w. ago Federal student loan site down Wednesday, a day after layoffs gutted Education Department

An hours-long outage on StudentAid

Politics

last month JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon accuses ‘people in the middle’ of being the only ones against his RTO policy

Hybrid model ‘doesn't work in our business,’ JPMorgan Chase CEO says

Economics

last month Asylum seekers should be forced to pay back the cost of housing them in hotels with 'student loan

The Tory leader will take the fight over immigration to Labour and Reform UK with an amendment to be tabled to the Government's Border Security Bill.

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