Sallie Mae

Lobbying Showdown Over The Future Of Student Loans

Special To The Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Knight | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


When Sallie Mae, the nation's largest provider of student loans, saw the possibility of its own extinction in a plan advanced by the Obama administrat...

Arthur Delaney

"Too Small To Help": No Relief For Students Trapped In Debt

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.10.2009 | Business


A new report released Thursday on the private student lending industry offers a bit of deja vu. "It's the same sad story: irresponsible lending," say...

Sallie Mae: 2,000 Jobs To Be Created As Overseas Operations Return to U.S.

Yahoo! Finance | Posted 05.07.2009 | Business


RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sallie Mae, the nation's leading provider of saving- and paying-for-college programs, today announced that it will creat...

Tape-Painting Suspicions: Why Did Some Stocks Gain So Much At The End Of Tuesday?

New York Times | Floyd Norris | Posted 11.01.2008 | Business


The last five minutes of trading on the last day of the quarter were very good to a significant number of stocks on Tuesday, including battered financ...

Sallie Mae Lost $1.6 Billion in 4Q

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — Sallie Mae, the embattled student lender, said Wednesday it lost $1.6 billion in the fourth quarter as borrowing costs rose and it ...

2007's Most Unhinged Wall Street Moments

Wall Street Journal | David Gaffen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


A year filled with credit-market turmoil, eight-figure write-downs from the nation's largest financial institutions, shaky guidance from the Federal R...

Sallie Mae CEO Speaks, Stocks Plunge To 5-Year Low

AP | Alan Zibel | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Shares of Sallie Mae plunged to a five-year low Wednesday after the student lender's CEO said a dividend cut may be needed to bolster finances crimped...

Top 10 Worst Business Deals

Time | Bill Saporito | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


#1. The Public Invests in Blackstone Group It was only a matter of time before the private equity firms let the public in on the game -- for an infla...

$25 Bil Buyout Of Sallie Mae In Jeopardy

AP | Marcy Gordon | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The planned $25 billion buyout of student lender Sallie Mae was thrown into jeopardy Wednesday after the investors said terms of the deal were no long...