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Harvard MBA's quest to pay $100K debt

B-school grad Joe Mihalic went on an extreme financial diet to pay down over $90,000 in debt in just seven months and charted his story through an anonymous blogging project. More

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    • Student loan rate hike: What you need to know

      Student loan rate hike: What you need to know

      Congress has until July 1 to decide whether to extend current low rates on subsidized student loans for more than 7 million undergraduates.

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