<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101431607847177253</id><updated>2007-04-13T09:35:44.253-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Loan Consolidation</title><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christopherhedges.com/loanconsolidation/index.html'></link><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/101431607847177253/posts/default'></link><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://christopherhedges.com/loanconsolidation/atom.xml'></link><author><name>Chris</name></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www2.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101431607847177253.post-5815851089979609466</id><published>2007-04-13T09:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-13T09:35:44.332-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Student Loan Consolidation'></category><title type='text'>Direct Student Loan Consolidation</title><content type='html'>Is student loan debt holding you back from achieving your financial goals?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People seeking to consolidate their student loans have various options to consolidate their loans with various lenders.  One option that might be worth investigating is a U.S. Department of Education federal direct loan consolidation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the U.S. Department of Education's &lt;a href="http://loanconsolidation.ed.gov/borrower/bloans.shtml"&gt;Direct Loans&lt;/a&gt; website, the following student loans are eligible for consolidation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;The following federal education loans are eligible for consolidation into a    Direct Consolidation Loan:   &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Direct Subsidized and Unsubsidized Loans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Federal Subsidized and Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Direct PLUS Loans and Federal PLUS Loans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Direct Consolidation Loans and Federal Consolidation Loans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Guaranteed Student Loans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Federal Insured Student Loans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Supplemental Loans for Students&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Auxiliary Loans to Assist Students&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Federal Perkins Loans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;National Direct Student Loans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;National Defense Student Loans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Health Education Assistance Loans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Health Professions Student Loans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Loans for Disadvantaged Students&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Nursing Student Loans&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/tag/student+loan+consolidation" rel="tag"&gt;&lt;img style="border: 0pt none ; vertical-align: middle; margin-left: 0.4em;" src="http://static.technorati.com/static/img/pub/icon-utag-16x13.png?tag=student+loan+consolidation" alt=" " /&gt;student loan consolidation&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christopherhedges.com/loanconsolidation/2007/04/direct-student-loan-consolidation.html'></link><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/101431607847177253/posts/default/5815851089979609466'></link><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/101431607847177253/posts/default/5815851089979609466'></link><author><name>Chris</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101431607847177253.post-8798940979690720857</id><published>2007-04-12T10:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-12T10:32:22.056-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Debt'></category><title type='text'>Everyone Is In Debt</title><content type='html'>Don't feel bad if you are in debt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The U.S. government could stand to do some debt reduction of its own.  According to the U.S. National Debt Clock &lt;a href="http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;, each citizens' share of the national debt is $29,495.68!</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christopherhedges.com/loanconsolidation/2007/04/everyone-is-in-debt.html'></link><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/101431607847177253/posts/default/8798940979690720857'></link><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/101431607847177253/posts/default/8798940979690720857'></link><author><name>Chris</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101431607847177253.post-554779269175594167</id><published>2007-04-12T09:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-12T09:51:22.717-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome To Loan Consolidation</title><content type='html'>Welcome to the Loan Consolidation blog.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christopherhedges.com/loanconsolidation/2007/04/welcome-to-loan-consolidation_12.html'></link><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/101431607847177253/posts/default/554779269175594167'></link><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/101431607847177253/posts/default/554779269175594167'></link><author><name>Chris</name></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101431607847177253.post-3404241206611629436</id><published>2007-04-12T09:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-04-12T09:51:00.858-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Loan Consolidation'></category><title type='text'>Welcome To Loan Consolidation</title><content type='html'>Welcome To Loan Consolidation.</content><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://christopherhedges.com/loanconsolidation/2007/04/welcome-to-loan-consolidation.html'></link><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/101431607847177253/posts/default/3404241206611629436'></link><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/101431607847177253/posts/default/3404241206611629436'></link><author><name>Chris</name></author></entry></feed>