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'MoneyWise Kids' Launches on Schwab.com
Yahoo! News (press release) -
USA
... Values * Encouraging Kids to Save Early * College Students and Money: Budgeting 101 * What Your Kids Need to Know About Credit and Debt * Teaching Kids How to ...

 

UPDATE 1-US Treasury, Fed, launch financial education blitz
Reuters - USA
... John Snow said the widespread availability of credit has helped the US economy but it is critical that American consumers boost their financial literacy. ...

 

Gov. Schwarzenegger Proclaims April 2006 ''California Financial ...
International News Service - Sydney,Australia
... of Financial Institutions (DFI) and the state Department of Corporations (DOC) will partner during this year's annual California Financial Literacy Month to ....

 

 

MasterCard International Kicks Off Financial Literacy Month; Helping Consumers Effectively Manage Debt Leads
FinanzNachrichten
Mon, 03 Apr 2006 12:55 PM PDT
MasterCard International is launching a series of consumer education initiatives across the country during this year's upcoming Financial Literacy Month.

 

Fed unveils new website for kids
Miami Herald Mon, 03 Apr 2006 1:50 AM PDT
(AP) -- Don't worry Hillary Duff and Jesse McCartney. There could be less competition for your status as celebrity heartthrobs. Instead of the big screen, a generation of middle schoolers could be setting their sights on the Federal Reserve board room.

 

Financial Fitness for Girls: Reading, Arithmetic, and Writing ...
Bay Area BusinessWoman News - Oakland,CA,USA
... are learning to work, plan, and save toward them in the organization’s economic and financial literacy program, She’s on the Money. ...

 

MANA and Tide(R) Partner to Honor and Empower Hispanic Women ...
Hispanic PR Wire (press release) - Miami,FL,USA

... Latina Organization (MANA), announced today their partnership with P&G and its Tide brand to organize “Tide Thank You” financial education workshops to ...

 

You're never too young to learn about saving
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
... That's a powerful concept for a 5-year-old,'' said Carl George, chairman of the National CPA Financial Literacy Commission of the American Institute of ...

 

Hip-Hop Summit Action Network Empower Detroit Youth To Get Their ...
UrbanMecca.com - Miami,FL,USA
... Hot 102.7FM and Chrysler Financial's experts James Whitlow and Gerrod Parchmon came together to teach the 18-35 year old audience about financial literacy. ...
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The Young and the Penniless
Smartmoney.com - USA
... SmartMoney.com: What level of financial literacy should grade-school and high-school students be expected to have? Robert Duvall ...

 

Financial Literacy Is Necessary Life Skill
AgNews
Tue, 28 Mar 2006 5:31 AM PST
COLLEGE STATION – Remember those three ‘Rs'? The first two – reading and writing – may be the keys to a child's future success. But that third ‘R' – arithmetic – is the key to his or her financial future, said a Texas Cooperative Extension specialist.

 

Parents, Have You Had 'The Talk'? The One about Money? Girls' Group Offers Advice for Financial Literacy Month
U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News Tue, 28 Mar 2006 5:30 PM PST
There's a new version of "The Talk" these days.

 

Michigan Credit Union League Joins State Lawmakers in Promoting ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... MCUL) is once again teaming up with state lawmakers to educate youth and young adults about money management during April -- Youth Financial Literacy Month. ...

 

 

Headlines Related to he Latino Market

 

MANA and Tide(R) Partner to Honor and Empower Hispanic Women ...
Hispanic PR Wire (press release) - Miami,FL,USA
... Latina Organization (MANA), announced today their partnership with P&G and its Tide brand to organize “Tide Thank You” financial education workshops to ...

 

Remarks of US Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral Genworth Financial ...
Media Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... new Hispanic Market Study. I am sure everyone in the financial education community will gain new knowledge and benefit from it. ...

 

3rd Annual Marketing Financial Services to Hispanics
Hispanic PR Wire (press release) - Miami,FL,USA
... as the hiring of more bi-lingual employees, the introduction of Spanish language, culturally sensitive marketing materials, financial education programs and ...

 

Study Finds Hispanics Need More Information About the Costs, Needs ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - Mar 31, 2006
... "It is important to communicate financial literacy issues to the Hispanic community in a way that is sensitive to their linguistic and cultural nuances," said ...

 

Banking on Hispanics
The News-Press, FL - Mar 25, 2006
... One-third of US-born Hispanic residents and over half of all Mexican immigrants lack bank accounts ... It really about education and financial literacy," Hoptry said ...

 

 

International Headlines

 

Financial ignorance has us facing a fall
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... later stage in life.". What is the answer? Many believe financial education must start at a early age. "Teaching young people how ...
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Creeping into the classroom
This is Money - UK
... voluntarily. Unfortunately, that means many children get no financial education at all. ... DO you have an opinion on financial education? If ...

 

South Africa: Bridging the Financial Literacy Gap
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... Improved consumer education and consumer financial literacy is clearly crucial, not only to a well functioning market but also to the success of the charter's ..

 

Government urged to restore tax breaks
Money News - Reading,UK
Restoring pensions tax breaks and increasing financial education are the best means of boosting the UK's savings culture, according to new research. ...

 

Advisers help parents, kids learn to manage money
Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica
... It's not easy teaching teenagers to delay gratification in favour of ... The kids meet there, or at a teen centre next door ... I told her she would have to save up and ...

Young need saved before acquiring debt for life
Scotland on Sunday - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... This will see financial education, information and advice reaching further into UK schools, universities and colleges, the workplace and organisations that ...

Financial education program targeting Taiwan youngsters
eTaiwan News, Taiwan - Apr 1, 2006
Taiwanese youngsters are saving money to beef up their purchasing power, results of a Gallop poll commissioned by Shanghai Commercial and Savings Bank showed. ...

 

MoneySENSE programmes to target man on the street and students
Channel News Asia - Singapore
MoneySENSE, a national financial education programme launched in 2003, is being expanded to target ordinary Singaporeans and students. ...



 

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