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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Fee free: Occupy demonstrators encourage opening credit union accounts

By Daily Free Press Admin November 7, 2011

Ida Keir persuaded her daughter to switch from a “corporate bank” to a credit union in honor of national Bank Transfer Day on Saturday to protest corporate greed. “I’m here because I wanted...

Students say Obama’s loan proposal has potential to alleviate debt

By Daily Free Press Admin November 2, 2011

When Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student Sabrina Klein heard about President Barack Obama’s proposal to reduce student debt, she said it would help her offset the cost of college education. “I...

BU students express frustration over new Bank of America annual charges

By Daily Free Press Admin October 4, 2011

Melissa Lam is thinking about switching bank accounts after hearing that Bank of America will start charging customers $60 annually for having an active debit account. “College students are broke,”...

Mass. to increase benefits for unemployed residents

By Daily Free Press Admin October 4, 2011

The Massachusetts’ Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced on Monday that it would increase the maximum weekly benefit rate to $653 from $625 for unemployed residents. Unemployment...

Rising costs of education stems from highly paid executives, study says

By Daily Free Press Admin October 4, 2011

Out of 20 colleges in the Boston area, Boston University has the second highest total amount of money earned by employers in executive compensation packages, with BU five employees earning more than $1...

Central banks prevented serious financial crisis, speaker says

By Daily Free Press Admin October 4, 2011

Philip Turner, head of Secretariat Group in the Monetary and Economic Department of the Bank for International Settlements, spoke about the notion of “international money” and the impact of the ongoing...

‘Up with the people, down with the banks’: Protesters rally against Bank of America’s foreclosure practices

By Daily Free Press Admin October 3, 2011

About 2,000 citizens and over 30 activist groups marched from Boston Common to Bank of America with Take Back Boston to protest corporate foreclosures, bailouts and tax breaks on Friday. Take Back Boston...

Hub ranked one of nation’s most finanically sound college towns

By Daily Free Press Admin September 29, 2011

With advantages such as high-tech industry and human capital concentrations, Boston and Cambridge ranked fifth in the top 20 most economically vibrant college towns in America. The rankings, compiled...

Federal grant to improve low-income housing

By Daily Free Press Admin September 21, 2011

Mayor Thomas Menino announced Friday that the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development granted $2.4 million to the Department of Neighborhood Development, targeting the Lead Safe Boston program. The...

Increasing costs, slow economy complicate students’ financial aid

By Daily Free Press Admin September 13, 2011

College of Fine Arts sophomore Savanna Young-Norris would not have joined the Class of 2014 at Matriculation had she not appealed for more financial aid three times. “I am the only child of a single,...

Obama addresses state budget struggles

By Daily Free Press Admin March 1, 2011
President Barack Obama warned governors on Monday against attempting to dilute his health care law, while emphasizing his openness to work with states in carrying out the law.

Mass. delegation resists new Obama tax plan

By Daily Free Press Admin December 9, 2010
Despite President Barack Obama’s call for bipartisan agreement, no one in the all-Democratic Massachusetts House delegation has agreed to support the tax plan Obama forged with Republicans.
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