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Starting over after divorce puts some dreams on hold

``I'd always promised my girls that they could go to college," McKernan said . But in her new role as sole bread winner of the family, McKernan had no idea how she was going to pay her youngest daughter's freshman tuition at Roger Williams University , where financial aid would cover less than a third of the bill.

The first payment was due the day McKernan showed up for her Boston Globe Money Makeover with fee-only financial planner Cheryl Costa . She knew if she missed the first tuition payment she'd trigger late fees.

But if she co signed the $26,000 school loan her debt would begin mushrooming, potentially obliterating the resources she needed to start over. All attempts to discuss alternatives with her daughter had ended in tears.

McKernan, who lives in Westwood, initially applied for a makeover hoping to find a way to buy a home, which would provide a much-needed fresh start after the dissolution of her marriage.

Striking It Rich In Africa

The continent now accounts for 30% of ExxonMobil's output

The oil-rich Middle East is in turmoil, Venezuela's state-run oil company is a mess, and U.S. oil production keeps edging downward. Fortunately for motorists gasping over $3-a-gallon gasoline, there's one place on the planet where oil production is flourishing: Africa. Daily output in African nations that are not members of OPEC rose 25% from 2002 through 2005 and should climb an additional 35% by 2010, estimates researcher Wood Mackenzie in Edinburgh, Scotland. The world's largest oil company, Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM ), revealed on July 27 that its production in all of Africa has doubled in three years and now accounts for 30% of its worldwide oil output -- more than its output in the U.S. and Canada combined. .

Abbey National 1st Half Statutory Pretax Profit +20%

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Abbey National said Thursday that statutory profit before tax in the first half of the year, excluding the impact of the sale of the life companies, was over 20% higher than the same period last year.
The outlook for the second half of the year remains positive, with revenue growth rates expected to slow relative to a stronger second half in 2005, the company said.
It said growth in trading profit before tax had been strong in comparison to the same period last year, with revenue growth combined with further cost reduction only partially offset by increased retail lending provisions in line with expectations.
Trading income was up on the same period last year, even after the further adverse impact of lapse experiences and changes in assumptions in the Life companies.

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