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The Motley Fool April 21, 2008 David Lee Smith	Help May Be Coming for Sallie Mae Federal aid appears near for reeling Sallie Mae.
BusinessWeek May 19, 2011 Sarah Mulholland	Sallie Mae Makes a Surprising Comeback Supported by cash from its $146 billion government loan portfolio, Sallie Mae aims to build its private student lending business.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2007 Bill Mann	Sallie Mae Killed My Rich Uncle The student loan lender deflects a rival's accusations with withering facts.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2004 David Meier	Sallie Mae Goes Solo But why would SLM want to be a completely private company and lose the advantages of access to extremely low-cost capital that its cousins Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac enjoy? Perhaps the benefit of access to that capital wasn't so great.
The Motley Fool June 2, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Sallie Mae Snags Upromise Sallie Mae's acquisition of Upromise is about more than diversification of its revenue streams. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Dan Caplinger	The Smartest Move Colleges Ever Made Eliminating the middleman serves both schools and students. Colleges are at least making the right response to the credit crisis by making loans directly to their students.
The Motley Fool June 1, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Get Record-Low Rates This is a great time to consolidate your student loans and save money.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2005 Stephen Ellis	First Marblehead Gets an "A" A spectacularly cheap stock aces another quarter. This provider of student loan services reported quarterly revenues of $120.2 million and earnings of $43 million, or $0.65 a share. These numbers beat analysts' estimates of $90.9 million and $0.60 a share.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Congress Makes College Loans Cheaper? Some students may see a cut in their college loan interest rates.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2004 Bill Mann	Sallie Mae Faces Inquiry The SEC questions the student loan company over a measly $100k. Apparently.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	First Marblehead Sails Along Gradual improvements are taking place, but the company still gets little respect from Wall Street.
The Motley Fool April 8, 2008 Rich Duprey	First Marble-Headache First Marblehead's guarantor files for bankruptcy, raising questions of viability for the student loan provider.
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The Motley Fool May 17, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Time Is Running Out for Student Borrowers Interest rates for student loan programs are expected to rise significantly on July 1, and that means the ultimate cost to borrowers will be going up. You can avoid this fiscal trouble, though, by consolidating your student loans.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Deadline Looms for Consolidating Loans If you've got a bunch of student loans, consider consolidating them. You have until June 30 to do so at the current low-low-low interest rates.
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The Motley Fool April 14, 2005 John Dutemple	Sallie Mae Sticks Close to Home Sallie Mae launches two new programs that will benefit students and investors alike.
The Motley Fool July 8, 2005 Richard Gibbons	A Spectacularly Cheap Stock First Marblehead boasts huge sales growth, but it's nonetheless a fantastic bargain. After all, value investing isn't about buying boring stocks in dead-end industries. It's about buying companies for less than they're worth, and that includes growth stocks when they're on sale.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2007 David Lee Smith	When Sallie Met Analysts Sallie Mae's CEO provided analysts with lots of entertainment during a recent conference call -- but precious few answers.
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The Motley Fool November 21, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Giving Thanks for Getting Out of Debt If you're under a mountain of debt, don't lose hope. You can find a way out. Seeing a zero balance is a great feeling.
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Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Andrew Ackerman	DOE Supports Loans The U.S. Department of Education plans to provide liquidity support to the student loan market.
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 Gene G. Marcial	EDLG: A Class Act For Student Loans? Are shares of Education Lending Group attractive?
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BusinessWeek November 14, 2005 Lindsey Gerdes	The Private-Loan Dilemma Unable to borrow enough via the federal government, more students are turning to other lenders, which can be a risky last resort.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2005 Dayana Yochim	Die, Student Loan, Die Don't move from the ivory tower right into debtor's prison. When it comes to paying off debt, do a side-by-side interest-rate comparison to see which loan you should kill off first.
BusinessWeek May 21, 2007 Ben Elgin	Study Now--And Pay And Pay And Pay Later Thousands of low-income adults borrow at high interest rates to go back to school to learn new skills. Many end up falling into a debt spiral.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Consolidate Those Loans Right Now! Save money on your student loans by locking in a low rate.
The Motley Fool August 29, 2007 Tom Taulli	Private Equity's Nuclear Winter The Home Depot supply unit transaction is an example of what is happening in the private equity game. Lean times have arrived for Wall Street dealmakers, with private equity firms abandoning current deals and becoming gun-shy for future ones.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Study Your College Loan Options Know when to use a private or a federal loan to pay your tuition bill.
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