U.S. News & World Report – The real estate market continued to heal in the final three months of 2009, as lower home prices, cheap mortgage rates, and a federal tax credit worked to juice demand. The development was visible in the S&P/Case-Shiller home price report released Tuesday, which found that the rate of annual home price declines improved again in the fourth quarter. Prices at the national level fell just 2.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, compared with a year earlier. …

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Bigger Tuition Bills and Student Loans Coming in 2011 (U.S. News & World Report)

U.S. News & World Report – Some of the nation’s wealthiest and most generous colleges are asking their students to earn and borrow more to pay for college.

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Wall Street gains on earnings, economy (Reuters)

Snow covers a street sign at the corner of Wall St. and Broad St. in New York's financial district, February 10, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters – Stocks advanced on Wednesday as stronger-than-expected earnings from companies including Deere & Co and economic data underpinned hopes for the recovery.

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Wall Street gains on earnings, economy (Reuters)

Snow covers a street sign at the corner of Wall St. and Broad St. in New York's financial district, February 10, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters – Stocks advanced on Wednesday as stronger-than-expected earnings from companies including Deere & Co and economic data underpinned hopes for the recovery.

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Wall Street gains on earnings, economy (Reuters)

Snow covers a street sign at the corner of Wall St. and Broad St. in New York's financial district, February 10, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters – Stocks advanced on Wednesday as stronger-than-expected earnings from companies including Deere & Co and economic data underpinned hopes for the recovery.

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Wall Street gains on earnings, economy (Reuters)

Snow covers a street sign at the corner of Wall St. and Broad St. in New York's financial district, February 10, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters – Stocks advanced on Wednesday as stronger-than-expected earnings from companies including Deere & Co and economic data underpinned hopes for the recovery.

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Forget the Mortgage, I’m Paying My Credit Card Bill (U.S. News & World Report)

U.S. News & World Report – Amid high unemployment and sliding home prices, a growing number of struggling consumers are doing what was once considered unthinkable: paying their credit card bills instead of their mortgages. A recent study developed by TransUnion found the percentage of Americans who were current on their credit cards but behind on their mortgage increased to 6.6 percent in the third quarter of 2009, up from 4.3 percent in the first quarter of 2008. Meanwhile, the share of consumers making mortgage payments on time but behind on their credit cards moved in the opposite direction, sliding from 4. …

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Forget the Mortgage, I’m Paying My Credit Card Bill (U.S. News & World Report)

U.S. News & World Report – Amid high unemployment and sliding home prices, a growing number of struggling consumers are doing what was once considered unthinkable: paying their credit card bills instead of their mortgages. A recent study developed by TransUnion found the percentage of Americans who were current on their credit cards but behind on their mortgage increased to 6.6 percent in the third quarter of 2009, up from 4.3 percent in the first quarter of 2008. Meanwhile, the share of consumers making mortgage payments on time but behind on their credit cards moved in the opposite direction, sliding from 4. …

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H&R Block, Yodlee team to create tax prep app (AP)

AP – Tax preparation company H&R Block Inc. and personal finance management application developer Yodlee Inc. on Wednesday said they are teaming up to make it easier to use online data to prepare taxes.

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Judge grants ratings agencies a dismissal (Reuters)

Reuters – In a victory for ratings agencies, a U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed claims against Moody’s Corp and McGraw-Hill’s Standard & Poor’s in litigation over nearly $100 billion of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc mortgage-backed securities.

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