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Lambda School is Silicon Valley's big bet on reinventing education and making student debt obsolete. But students say it's a 'cult' and they would have been better off learning on their own.
Lambda School boasts of its successes, saying that graduates of the 9-month program go on to work f…
Rosalie Chan
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$10 billion of Chicago's debt was just downgraded to one level above junk
"Fitch believes last week's Illinois Supreme Court ruling striking down pension reform legislation …
Bob Bryan
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S&P cuts Illinois' debt rating and warns it's at risk of entering a 'negative credit spiral'
"The rating actions largely reflect the severe deterioration of Illinois' fiscal condition, a bypro…
Jonathan Garber
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Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis: Puerto Pobre
Puerto Rico's problems have not yet had much effect beyond its shores. Its debt is held mainly by m…
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Puerto Rico's Debt Crisis: Puerto Pobre
The economy has big structural problems. Participation in the labour force, at 41%, is some 20 perc…
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AMERICA'S DEBTORS' PRISONS: If You Are Poor, Don't Get Caught Speeding
That same judgment accused Harpersville of operating a "debtors' prison", though the judge noted th…
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7 Questions About The Puerto Rican Debt Crisis You Were Too Embarrassed To Ask
García Padilla administration members have been aggressively making their case to investors and bus…
Rob Wile
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REPORT: The SEC Is Checking To See If Any Funds Are In Danger Of Blowing Up If Puerto Rico Goes Down
"Securities law experts said the SEC probes appear to be aimed both at understanding the potential …
Rob Wile
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Goldman Sachs Defines The Word 'Default'
The term "default" has been used to mean a number of different things in the context of the debt li…
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If You Thought You Couldn't Go To Prison For Debt Anymore - You're Wrong
As a result of our report and intervention, Jack's life has taken a dramatic turn. Since we release…
Mike Brickner, ACLU
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Local Government Debt And Environmental Issues Will Top Agenda During China's Upcoming National People's Congress
"These reform measures include: (i) opening up of the municipal bond market to local governments; (…
Mamta Badkar
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How Money Goes In And Out Of A College [FLOW CHART]
"As shown in Exhibit 6, tuition is the biggest revenue driver for both public and private higher ed…
Sam Ro
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A boomer from Texas retired in Panama for the low cost of living and lifestyle. She said it feels like 'Christmas every day.'
Saundra Lohr, 68, retired in Panama after living in Texas. She loves the quality of life and afford…
John Towfighi
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What office meltdown? Developers see a shortage of high-end space and are rushing to build it.
Tenants like Citadel, JPMorgan, and Meta have sought new top tier offices. Little of it has been bu…
Daniel Geiger
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Americans' growing wealth points to a boom in a tax-exempt corner of the bond market
Adjusted gross income in the US spiked 17.7% to $2.2 trillion in the 2021 tax year, the highest yea…
Yuheng Zhan
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Detroit put up a $400,000 Hollywood-style sign that residents think is so ugly they are making diss tracks about it
Detroit commissioned a large sign as it gets ready to showcase its economic recovery on NFL Draft d…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Detroit is getting ready to host the NFL draft a decade after going bankrupt
Mayor Mike Duggan said the draft will be "a chance to reintroduce Detroit to America" 10 years afte…
George Glover
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2 St. Louis residents are suing the city's basic-income program in an attempt to halt what they call 'unconstitutional' $500 monthly payments to low-income families
St. Louis is giving low-income families $500 monthly, but a lawsuit aims to block the guaranteed-ba…
Allie Kelly,Noah Sheidlower
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This college town is experimenting with giving low-income entrepreneurs and gig workers $12,672, no strings attached
A guaranteed basic-income program in Ann Arbor is giving small business owners $528 a month, no str…
Allie Kelly
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Here's where funding comes from for guaranteed basic-income programs giving money with no strings attached to low-income Americans
Basic income programs in San Antonio, Austin, Denver, and Atlanta draw funding from federal relief,…