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TD Bank Launches a New Tool To Help First-Time Buyers Realize Their Homeownership Dreams
TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®, is looking to make the first-time homebuying process a little less cumbersome. To complement the bank’s hassle-free and easy to understand mortgage products, TD Bank has developed a comprehensive First Time Homebuyer Kit to educate first-time homebuyers and guide them through every step on the path to making a house a home.

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NH gets $13M to help small businesses grow
New Hampshire’s small businesses are getting help from the federal government to create jobs.

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Fed moves to help consumers, prod colleges to limit increases
WASHINGTON — Colleges have stumbled into an age of accountability. The government and the public are evermore interested in holding them responsible: for what students learn when they’re on campus, for how many of them leave with a degree, and for the debt and job prospects they face when it’s over.

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Get help to pay off student debt
Maurice Rowlin went to college more than 25 years ago, but his unpaid student loans continued to accrue interest.

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Fitch: BofA Settlement to Help U.S. RMBS Recoveries More Than Ratings
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings expects that Bank of America’s (BAC) recently announced settlement of mortgage repurchase and servicing claims will positively affect the ratings of approximately 10% of Fitch rated U.S. RMBS bonds in the affected legacy Countrywide trusts. In addition, payouts from the settlement in the short term and improved servicing practices over the longer term are …

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MPs help credit card customers
Credit card providers will be banned from charging higher interest rates if a person exceeds their credit limit under new laws passed through parliament.

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Foster families help nurture troubled pets
A beautiful German shepherd named Sweet Pea has visitors today who’d like to take her home with them. Problem is, Sweet Pea doesn’t want to go. Stephanie Henshaw, the energetic foster coordinator here at Halfway Home Pet Adoptions, pokes her head in the lobby. “Give me one second,” she says. “‘Cause she is a little scared.” Actually, Sweet Pea is a lot scared. Scared of people. Scared of other …

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Little Help From Government for Underwater Homeowners
Fewer than 5,000 homeowners have taken advantage of an Obama administration program that aids underwater homeowners, reflecting banks’ resistance to offer such principal write-downs.

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Arizona’s jobless able to keep homes with help of federal funds
Even as unemployment aid dwindles, a federally funded program is helping more people in state.

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ANALYSIS – New bank rules may hurt big banks, help regionals
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New regulations announced over the weekend will likely benefit PNC Financial Services Group Inc, US Bancorp and smaller U.S. banks at the expense of bigger competitors including Bank of America Corp and JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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