Paying For College: How To Position Assets To Qualify For More College Financial Aid

The high price of college has forced parents to look for savvy ways to reduce the cost of college and preserve their hard-earned assets. In some cases, strategically positioning those assets can make a big difference in the amount of financial aid colleges give based on the three different aid formulas colleges use. Here is how I determine if a family should consider strategic positioning.

Assets In 529 College Plans Near Quarter Of A Trillion Dollars As House Passes Key Legislation

As 529 plans assets push a quarter of a trillion dollars, key 529 college savings legislation passes in the House. Industry leaders watched the legislative action closely, sharing their insights on the challenges facing passage in the senate, and how the proposed changes will help families saving for college.

'Sorry To Intrude, But Can I Get Some Customer Service Over Here?'

I know that you, as a forward-thinking business leader, aren't intentionally treating your customers like they’re an interruption of your business (rather than as the point of your business), but are you unintentionally giving customers that nasty feeling that they don’t belong in your workspace?

Weighting Down UK-Listed Oil and Gas Shares

Using Brent as a global proxy benchmark, we find that the oil price continues to skate around $60 per barrel. That’s a far cry from $115 we saw last summer. So after two months into the not so New Year, and having received the latest financial data from many UK-listed oil and gas companies, it is worth revisiting or rather re-weighting their share target price.

Helping Small Business Lenders Up Their Game

The Small Business Finance Collaborative aims to help Community Development Financial Institutions supply more credit to small companies in low-wealth areas.

Playing 'Pass The Parcel' On Corporate Governance

In the current UK business landscape, efforts to create the right ethos of corporate governance through the use of principles-based codes as well as regulation brings several traditional children's games to mind. One is that old favorite - musical chairs, as revolving doors lead from one sector to another. But there's also 'Pass the Parcel' - when the music stops, whoever is holding that parcel is 'out.'

Coffee Power: London Entrepreneur Uses the Cities' Coffee Waste for Fuel

Bio-bean, a London-based enterprise, takes coffee grinds and turns them into fuel.