Student Loan Rates Double Without Congress' Action
Subsidized Stafford loans, which account for roughly a quarter of all direct federal borrowing, went from 3.4 percent interest to 6.8 percent interest on Monday.
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Subsidized Stafford loans, which account for roughly a quarter of all direct federal borrowing, went from 3.4 percent interest to 6.8 percent interest on Monday.
Aquarion Water Company has proposed a 23 percent rate hike over three years for its more than 635,000 customers.
Powerful rainstorms sprang up across the region Monday, creating flash flooding conditions in some spots
Schumer issued a threat to the South American nation, warning its trade preferences with the U.S. would be in jeopardy if it allows Snowden in to avoid extradition on charges of espionage and theft of government property.
Beginning Monday, people can begin applying for new credentials to purchase long guns and ammunition. Such credentials will eventually be required to buy ammo, rifles and shot guns.
The iconic I Love NY logo has gotten a makeover in the form of a rainbow colored heart for the new tourism marketing aimed at the LGBT community.
Among the guns taken off the streets and turned in were 17 revolvers, eight semi-automatics and a rifle.
All this week, we've been taking a look at the comeback of the housing market and the trends that are going on.
It may soon get more expensive to finance your college education. Congress has another battle coming to a head and if lawmakers don't make a deal by Friday, interest rates will jump in millions of student loans.
"We had one contractor who was knocking on doors collecting money to do Sandy recovery work. He would do a little bit of the work and then move on," County Consumer Affairs Commissioner Madalyn Farley said.
"There's a stereotype that there's Manhattan and soon as you go over the river, you're somewhere in the Midwest," said George Vallone, president of the Hoboken Brownstone Company.
The state Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that Starbucks baristas in New York must share their tips with shift supervisors, but not assistant managers.
The owners of The Star-Ledger plan to close New Jersey's largest newspaper by year's end if its production unions don't make concessions in contract negotiations, the publisher said Wednesday.
The Court of Appeals found that shift supervisors do much of the same work as the coffee servers and therefore get to share in the tips. The court also ruled the company can deny those tips to assistant managers.
Melissa Kleiner Cohen, a salesperson for Douglas Elliman, said she's seeing more families deciding to live in the city.
