Tens of thousands of borrowers may be about to receive automatic student loan forgiveness after the U.S. Department of ...

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A bankruptcy judge in Buffalo has wiped out the $56,299 debt of a woman who borrowed $16,900 25 years ago for an education she never completed. A bankruptcy judge in Buffalo has wiped out the $56,299 ...

Bradley James Carlson, a businessman who owned and managed multiple companies, has agreed to give up the protections of bankruptcy after a federal investigation revealed attempts to hide millions of ...

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