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What You Need to Know Before Taking Out Student Loans

It’s an interesting time to be a college student. There is a current pause on existing student loans, but what does that mean for the many high school students set to graduate this year? Record low rates, for one thing.  Federal loans between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021 …

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She Runs A 100-Year-Old Family Business For Eye-Cleaning In This Penang Shop

One year-end holiday, Ooi Poh Mei had some free time on her hands and decided to learn how to clean eyes from her grandfather when she was 16.  Using ink, copper wire, a bamboo stick, cotton and a concoction of 10 different herbs, Poh Mei’s eye-cleansing family business, Hwang I …

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Pfizer Nears Deal to Provide More Vaccine Doses

The company could provide at least tens of millions of additional doses of a coronavirus vaccine under an agreement that would give it better access to the supplies it needs to expand manufacturing. The Trump administration and Pfizer are close to a deal under which the pharmaceutical company would bolster …

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