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		<title>2% Fidelity Rewards are Back!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some time ago we sadly reported the excellent Fidelity 529 rewards credit card had slashed the rewards benefit from 2% to 1.5%.
But good news!
As part of their unveiling of the new Fidelity Retirement Rewards credit card, Fidelity has announced that rewards for the popular 529 card will be bumped back to 2% early next year:

The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upromise To Switch Card Issuer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Holders of Upromise college savings credit cards will see a change in March 2009: Bank of America will replace Citi Cards as the issuer of the Upromise credit card.  This means that all current Upromise cardholders will be receiving new cards.
Word is that there are no substantive changes to the credit card terms or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fidelity 2% 529 Rewards Card R.I.P.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well I haven't received my official notice, but it's being reported that FIA has pulled the plug on the 2% Fidelity 529 Rewards Card - at least for new accounts.  Hopefully, the card will remain open for existing accounts (like me), but something tells me the end is probably near for everyone. 
This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>529 Credit Card Q&amp;A From Yahoo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some current questions and topics of interest on 529 credit cards from users of Yahoo Answers:

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		<title>Sam&#8217;s Club to Accept MasterCard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Good news if you are a patron of Sam's Club and also use a 529 college savings reward MasterCard: Sam's has announced it will start accepting MasterCard branded credit card payments.  (Visa branded credit cards still will not be accepted.)  Until now, Sam's has only accepted credit Cards from Discover or its own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part II &#8211; Be a GREAT high school student: The best strategy for lowering higher education costs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we previously noted in &#8216;Be a GREAT high school student: The best strategy for lowering higher education costs, Ivy League insitutions continue replace grant aid for loans for Low-Income Students&#8217;.  The latest Ivy to do so is Columbia University.  
Columbia announced today that it will replace loans with grants for undergraduates from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>529 Plans set to lift off as 2010 expiration date overhang is lifted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These are the the wise words of Jim Boyle, President of College Parents of America, that always seem to elicit a smile whenever he speaks to a group of parents of younger children.  Here are some of Jim&#8217;s other comments:    
&#8220;I guess the simplicity of the line, and the fact that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Needs Harvard?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the August 21st cover story of Time Magazine.  The article notes that &#8216;competition for the Ivies is as fierce as ever, but kids who look beyond the famous schools may be the smartest applicants of all&#8217;.  
This is excellent advice.  Many students will greatly benefit by flourishing at a smaller [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now a consumer minded online broker (SogoInvest) also exists!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[401kid was created with the consumer in mind.  Namely, we provide education savings plans at a low cost; we do not compromise our objectivity by accepting fees from investment managers; and we offer clients access to superior techology.     
SogoInvest is a like-minded, consumer-conscious company.  Genesis Securities, through its new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BabyMint College Savings Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Babymint is the flagship product of the [tag]Vesdia Corporation[/tag]. The underlying "savings engine" technology of the [tag]Babymint program[/tag] is licensed to other private label names such as The Education Plan and Baby Center.
The major selling points for the [tag]Babymint 529[/tag] [tag]savings club[/tag] are: 1) earned rewards can be directed to almost any [tag]529 plan[/tag] (including [...]]]></description>
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