More employers add 401(k) plan match for workers paying student loans

• ‘I take pride in being debt-free’: My husband owes thousands of dollars in student loans and credit-card debt. Will I be on the hook if he dies?

  “We own a house together through a joint trust, but our bank accounts and credit cards are all held separately.”
  
  MarketWatch - 1h
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  Improve productivity for more pay, public sector told

  Downing Street tells unions angry at 2.8% pay proposals that workers must become more productive.
  
  BBC News - 9h

• Students priced out of London as rents rise faster than loans

  Pressure on government to take action over the ‘cost of learning crisis’ in the UK capital
  
  Financial Times - 2d

• Americans are paying more than ever for health insurance

  Consumers are venting frustrations about health insurance in wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO murder. Costs have outpaced inflation for years.
  
  CBS News - 2d

• Number of 401(k) plan and IRA millionaires hits record, with more millennials joining the ranks

  Retirement 401(k) plan account balances increased for the fourth straight quarter to reach the highest average on record, according to Fidelity.
  
  CNBC - 5d

• Biden administration under pressure to forgive more student loan debt before Trump takes office

  With just a little more than a month and a half left in office, President Joe Biden is under pressure to forgive more student loan debt.
  
  CNBC - 6d

• ‘I’ve nothing saved for retirement’: I’m 50 and earn $45,000. I don’t have a 401(k) match. Should I put 10% of my salary in a Roth IRA instead?

  “I currently have $36,000 in student-loan debt in forbearance in the SAVE program.”
  
  MarketWatch - 6d

• Student loan borrowers may find bankruptcy harder under Trump

  The Biden administration's more lenient policy toward student loan borrowers filing for bankruptcy may come to an end with the election of Donald Trump.
  
  CNBC - Dec. 4
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  Thames Water creditors veto use of £3bn loan to pay fines

  Troubled utility faces fines of £400mn by March 2027 as it tries to avoid renationalisation
  
  Financial Times - Dec. 3

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