New Sallie Mae owners in responsible lending vow [Reuters]
To improve transparency, the new owners said Sallie Mae will have a new eight-person board, comprising four representatives of J.C. Flowers and two each from Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase.

Festival of Frugality #75 [Get Rich Slowly]
Here you’ll find a mass of money-saving tips from 44 different bloggers.

How To Make Butter [Instructables]
I am about to reveal to you an ANCIENT butter making secret, to make butter it requires, shaking, shaking, shaking, MORE shaking, lots of shaking, but the end result is FANTASTIC.

Gas Prices Force Motorists to Dig Deep [NPR]
Summer is still a month a way, but motorists already are facing some of the highest gas prices ever.

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