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    ANNOUNCER: This is NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT with Tyler Mathisen and SusieGharib, brought to you by --

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    SUE HERERA, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT ANCHOR: Home sweet home. What`sbehind the surge in prices, which just recorded their strongest annual again in more than sevenyears?

    TYLER MATHISEN, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT ANCHOR: Big run for small caps.The sector has soared 23 percent so far this year, sitting now just below all-time highs. But havethese stocks gone too far too fast, or is there more money to be made?

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    HERERA: Dollars and cents, who pays for college? Well, it s not mom and dad. They arepaying less these days, shifting more of the financial burden onto the student.

    All of that and more tonight on NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT for Tuesday, July 30th.

    MATHISEN: Good evening, everyone, and welcome. I`m Tyler Mathisen, alongside SueHerera. Susie Gharib has the night off.

    We begin tonight with more good news about housing, specifically rising home values. The

    S&P Case-Shiller home price index for May showed that home prices in the nation`s 20 largestcities rose 2.4 percent from April and more than 12 percent for May of just a year ago. That isthe largest year over year increase in prices since 2006 before the start of the housing crisis.Home prices in Denver and Dallas are now at their highest levels since the year 200.

    Survey director Robert Shiller, also an economics professor at Yale, expects those homeprices to keep on hitting higher.

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    ROBERT SHILLER, CO-FOUNDER, CASE-SHILLER INDEX: For a short-term investor,there is a more sure thing in the real estate market. I mean, I think that when it`s up 12 percent ina year and it`s uniform across -- well, somewhat uniform across so many different cities, it`sprobably going to go for another year.

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    HERERA: Well, those rising prices are likely on the mind of Federal Reserve Chairman BenBernanke as he arrived to the central bank this morning to keep off a two-day meeting on interestrates. The Fed is expected to keep its bench mark short-term interest rate right where it is, prettyclose to zero percent for the foreseeable future.

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    But what Wall Street really wants to hear is when the central bank might begin pulling backon its $85 million in monthly bond purchases. They are designed to keep mortgage rates andother long term rates lower and spark more bank lending.

    MATHISEN: Supporters are calling it a grand bargain. Detractors calling it awful.President Obama offering now Republicans a deal that he hopes they can`t refuse, lower overallcorporate taxes, and in return, money to spend on the creation of jobs for the middle class.That`s how he puts it.

    Here is how the president described the plan at an Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN).comwarehouse in Chattanooga, Tennessee, today.

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    BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Here is the bottom line:I`m willing to work with Republicans reforming the corporate tax code, as long as we use themoney from transitioning from a simpler tax system for a significant investment in creatingmiddle class jobs. That`s the deal.

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    MATHISEN: But some Republicans, maybe predictably, not buying it. Former SenatorJudd Gregg of New Hampshire was quick to criticize the president`s offer.

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    JUDD GREGG (R), FORMER U.S. SENATOR: Sounds like an awful plan. Cutting taxes isa great idea but redirect the revenues makes no sense at all. Let the market decides where thoserevenue should go. One of our biggest problems in this country today is that we have a tax lawwhich incentivizes people to invest for purpose of avoiding taxes rather than if we`re getting thebest return.

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    HERERA: On Wall Street, stocks end the day mixed, following a low volume up and downsession as they look for direction. A mostly positive string of earnings before the bill was thenoffset by concerns about what the Federal Deserve will decide to do about its stimulus plan. Inthe end, the Dow was up 72 points for a time, but then ended one point lower. The NASDAQadded 17 points. The S&P 500 closed a fraction of a point higher.

    And coming up, we`ll talk about a big run-up on small cap stocks and whether that cancontinue.

    MATHISEN: A massive merger in healthcare announced today. Hospital ownerCommunity Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) is buying rival not-for-profit hospital operator HealthManagement Associates (NYSE:HMA) for $3.9 billion. That creates a huge national hospitalchain. And this comes just ahead, of course, of the healthcare system overall expected to providecoverage to millions more Americans.

    Shares of both companies, though, ended lower today. HMA tumbling nearly 11 percent.

    HERERA: There`s a huge fine to tell you about in the drug world. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals,which was bought out by Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) in 2009, has agreed to pay $491 million to settlecriminal and civil charges after unlawfully marketing a drug called Rapamune for uses notapproved by the FDA. Rapamune was OK to help prevent the body`s immune system fromrejecting a transplanted kidney, but Wyeth is accused of training its sales staff to push the drugfor use with other organ transplants.

    MATHISEN: JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) Chase, the nation`s biggest bank by some measures,agreed to pay $410 million to federal energy regulators to settle charges that its tradersmanipulated electricity markets in California and the Middle West. Traders allegedly usedimproper bidding strategies that forced over-payments by the local agencies running power gridsin those areas. Now, the bank did not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement and none of thetraders involved will face sanctions or criminal charges.

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    This is just the latest example of a story NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT brought you lastweek involving the complicated and profitable world of banks operate in commodities markets.

    Kate Kelly has been following the story for us closely and joins us now.

    You know, last week, we heard about banks that were operating storage facilities forcommodities, whether it was aluminum, copper and others. Now, this settlement in theelectricity market.

    What are the banks doing? Well, the banks, for a number of years now, Tyler, and a bunchof them, have owned physical commodities, as well as trading paper commodities, if you will,

    futures, derivatives and other things that are in the financial markets. But they`ve owned thesephysical commodities like metal storage, like power plants, if you will, and the point of it hasbeen ostensibly to compliment the businesses that they already have, to perhaps give some addedknowledge, maybe even a trading edge in some cases, or just purely as a good investment that`sgoing to make returns.

    Now, though, some of that is coming under question. But one thing, there is a deadline inSeptember at which Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and Morgan Stanley (NASDAQ:NBXH)(NYSE:MS) hit a five-year anniversary of becoming bank holding companies, which subjectsthem to a different raft of regulations when it comes to commodities holdings, and couldpotentially force them to sell them off.

    HERERA: You know, Congress is getting involved now, and they`re asking questions,wondering whether or not banks should be allowed to have any role in the commodities market,physical or paper-wise. What are you hearing?

    KELLY: Well, I`m hearing a number of things. It depends on which bank and which

    holdings, of course.

    HERERA: Right.

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    KELLY: There are concerns that some of these business activities pass on higher costs tocustomers. For example, with the aluminum Goldman situation. It`s a metal storage business,which is known for stockpiling metals and keeping them in storage longer than perhaps it needsto, jacking up prices on consumers. So, that`s created some questions.

    At the same time, you know, if the banks get rid of commodities holdings, they`re going togo somewhere. And in many cases, they may go to Europe and be handled by companies thatare beyond the reach of U.S. regulators and perhaps will have even less transparency. So, thereare issues on both sides with either letting the banks keep these businesses or allowing othercompetitors to come in and possibly take them out.

    MATHISEN: When we first told the story last week, it s one of those who knew banks weredoing this.

    Kate Kelly, thank you very much.

    Sue?

    HERERA: Well, in corporate news, shares of Goodyear tire and rubber shot up 9 percent

    after blowout earnings last quarter. Profits more than doubled by selling more tires around theworld led by a 4 percent increase in Latin America.

    MATHISEN: Profits of Chrysler also revving higher. Net income last quarter rose 16percent, helped by strong sales in the U.S. especially for pickups and Jeeps. This marks theeighth straight quarterly profit for the bailed out automaker, which is now majority owned byItaly`s Fiat.

    And joining us now to talk more about the U.S. auto industry is John Casesa. He ismanaging director at Guggenheim Securities.

    John, welcome back. Good to have you on NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT.

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    I guess there is kind of a drum beat that adds up to this, American cars are back. Do youagree?

    JOHN CASESA, GUGGENHEIM SECURITIES SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR: I doagree. I mean, the market is back and Americans are buying cars. But the U.S. companies arecompetitive, the most competitive they`ve been in probably 40 years. I mean, back to the first oilcrisis.

    HERERA: And can that continue, John, because, you know, there is some talks that U.S.growth may slow a little bit -- excuse me, if the Fed starts raising interest rates, does that changethe scenario or not?

    CASESA: Well, I think, as it relates to the whole market, the average age of a car in theUnited States is 11 years, almost 90 percent of Americans get to work by car. So, the car is anecessity. The fleet is old. It has to be replaced.

    So, unless rates skyrocket, I think auto sales will continue to healthy. As it relates tocompetiveness of the U.S. companies, even through the crisis they have been getting their acttogether in productivity, quality, design and styling and once they got through the restructuringand their balance sheets were better, they were able to plow money back into product.

    So, Chrysler is selling a lot of the Dodge Ram. Ford is selling a spectacular Ford Fusion.GM`s Chevy Impala got almost the highest rating for a sedan in "Consumer Reports." Thatmoney spent over time is starting to pay off today and they`re competitive now with theJapanese.

    MATHISEN: What are you seeing in terms of market share of the U.S. automakers in theU.S.? How has it changed, if at all? Is the needle actually moving?

    CASESA: Well, it`s moving a little bit. This year, they have about 46 percent of the market.That`s up from the low of 44 percent two years ago. But to put that in context, 33 years ago in1983, they had 73 percent of the market. So, there`s been a very long slide and in the last years,that chart turned up.

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    And I would say now that share is up in 2010, in 2011, 2012, you know, there`s really somesustainable momentum. It`s not a fluke.

    HERERA: There is a lot of talk that Chrysler will go public and perhaps the marketconditions would make it a conducive time for them to do so.

    CASESA: Well, I think it`s right. I mean, these auto companies, it`s very hard to be private.You need a lot of capitals and the public market makes sense.

    Auto sales in the U.S. will probably rise for, at least a few more years, and Chrysler has a lotof new product coming. So, I think there will be investor appetite for the IPO when it comes.

    MATHISEN: What have they done right, apart from styling and improved quality?

    CASESA: Well, as it relates to all of the big three, you know, they have completelyreconfigured their plants, they`ve changed their relationship with labor. They`ve streamlined theproduct development process, so instead of taking six years to do a car, they can do it in three

    years like the Japanese. So, they are more in sync with the market when the cars come.

    And, of course, they`ve also spent a lot of money on power train. These cars get more fueleconomy, even though just as big as they were five years ago.

    HERERA: You know, the electric car movement doesn t seem to have gained as muchtraction in certain parts of the country that a lot of people thought it would. Do you agree or not?

    CASESA: Well, it`s a fact. Those cars are not selling that well, and I think the two thingsthat will get them to sell well, either gas prices need to go up a lot and/or battery prices need tocome down a lot. So, you know, in the conventional car, the engine is $5,000. In the electriccar, you take that out, and replaced it with $15,000 in batteries. That`s a big premium.

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    MATHISEN: John Casesa, thank you very much.

    John is senior managing director at Guggenheim Securities.

    HERERA: And we want to know what you think about the comeback of the American autoindustry. So we went to see if you`re buying American cars.

    (BEGIN VIDEO CLIPS)

    UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Americans cars have gotten higher quality in the past few years.

    UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think there`s some affordable cars that have become better,like the Ford Fiesta, Focus kind of thing.

    UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I probably would not consider buying an American car.

    UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I would actually consider another Taurus.

    UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I did not consider American car.

    UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was very close to getting the Chevy Cobalt. But, at the end ofthe day, I went to a better price.

    UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I will buy an American car next time.

    (END VIDEO CLIPS)

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    MATHISEN: And still to come: if you build it, will they come? Those investing hundredsof millions of dollars in rehabbing hold stadiums or building new ones hope the answer is yes.

    But, first, a look at how the international markets closed today.

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    MATHISEN: Every major city has at least one sports arena, with more being built,refurbished or on the drawing board every year. But is the big business of sports stadiums a

    good business to be in? And, ultimately, who really pays for all those new venues?

    Jane Wells has the story.

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    JOE WALSH, THE EAGLES: I spent a couple days in the Forum Club one night.

    JANE WELLS, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT (voice-over):Nothing says classic California like the Eagles and nothing says classic L.A. rock concerts likeThe Forum.

    But the once fabulous Forum is nearly as dilapidated as the original in Rome. But now, menfrom the East have come to make it shine again.

    JAMES DOLAN, MSG EXEC. CHAIRMAN: We`ll make the Forum a place where greatperformers will put on great shows.

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    WELLS: The Madison Square Garden (NASDAQ:MSG) Company is spending $100 millionto rehab The Forum in Inglewood, to take on powerhouse AEG Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS)Center across town.

    (on camera): Why The Forum?

    HANK RATNER, MSG PRES & CEO: Why not The Forum? What an opportunity. Thesecond biggest market in the world, the biggest entertainment market in the world, underservedwith an iconic venue. That fell in disrepair.

    WELLS: Built by Jack Kent Cook in 1967, this is where Jerry West played, Wynn Gretzky,

    Showtime with Magic and Kareem. But it`s also where Elvis performed, Led Zeppelin, theRolling Stones, and every major act from the `70s, `80s and `90s.

    (voice-over): And to christen the new Forum next January, the Eagles will stage threeshows.

    GLENN FREY, THE EAGLES: This is only short of the Holy Grail, you know, for us inLos Angeles and it was just a great-sounding room. It was -- I don`t know how to explain it. It

    just sounds good. It feels good. It`s intimate.

    But the stadium business is tough. Bankrupt Detroit is moving forward with selling bonds tohelp build a venue for the Red Wings. Washington wants to build a soccer stadium and forMSG, it`s spending a billion dollars to renovate Madison Square Garden (NASDAQ:MSG), butNew York will not commit to letting the garden stay at its location beyond another decade.

    Why come to L.A. and take on AEG?

    VASILY KARASYOV, STERNE AGEE: The Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS) Center is so over-booked, so many teams and so many events happening there. They believe that the market cansupport another major venue.

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    WELLS: The company says the new Forum will have $1.4 billion impact over 30 years.Inglewood officials are willing to forgive nearly $20 million in loans if certain benchmarks aremet. There`s already a naming rights deal with Chase. And if all goes according to plan, theForum will return to its glory days and not turn into a financial Hotel California.

    WALSH: Thank you for a real place to play in Los Angeles.

    WELLS: For NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT, Jane Wells, Inglewood, California.

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    HERERA: Action in several sectors in our market focus tonight, beginning with biotech.Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ALXN) fresh off a blowout quarter soared again today onits reports that it`s hired Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) to consider overtures from RochePharmaceuticals. Alexion specialized in so-called orphan drugs, which are treatments for rarediseases. Alexion gained more than 6 percent, closing at $117.08.

    And investors bid up shares of Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN), awaiting after the bell earnings,and rewarded with a strong quarterly performance. Revenues increased 5 percent, profits were

    well above analysts` estimates. Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) concentrates on cancer treatmentsbut makes drugs to treat other conditions, as well.

    Volume was heavier than normal during the session. Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) gainedmore than 1.5 percent to close at $111.20 a share.

    And Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) shares closed in on its IPO price of $38 a share, not seen

    since May of 2012 as investors rekindled their interest in social media, following last week`sbreakthrough earnings report. Shares of Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) jumped more than 6 percentto close at $37.63. That`s just 37 cents away from that IPO price. Volume was more than 1.5times the usual phase.

    Merck (NYSE:MRK), Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), the two big pharmaceutical companies in theDow 30 reported before the bill this morning. Merck`s profit fell as patent losses on some drugs

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    hurt their sales. Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) has the same patent loss problems, but profits jumped as itsold non-core assets. Investors traded both companies at above average volumes.

    At day`s end, Merck (NYSE:MRK) lost just a fraction, closing at $48.05. Pfizer(NYSE:PFE) had a small gain, to $29.67 a share.

    Ty?

    MATHISEN: Buffalo Wild Wings` net earnings grew. Total revenue jumped 27 percent.The company said it remains confident it`s going to achieve 17 percent profit growth for 2013.That sounds pretty good except the chickens.

    But investors were expecting more. The stock drooped before the close and then droppedfurther on the earnings news. Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ:BWLD) at $97.69 at the close.

    Coach`s profits matched estimates. Revenues were a bit shy. But the stock dropped at theopen and was down all day. Coach (NYSE:COH) said both the North American president andCOO are going to leave at the end of August and will sell a subsidiary brand back to its founder.Investors sold off on six times the normal volume. Coach (NYSE:COH) closed down almost 8

    percent at $53.30.

    And fertilizer stocks in the U.S. and elsewhere had a very rough day because a cartel that hadsupported the price of potash, a key ingredient in many fertilizers, collapsed. Investors fearinglower prices for fertilizer got out of the stocks big time, shares fell sharply on high volumes.Mosaic (NYSE:MOS), 10 times normal; Potash, 12 times normal, Intrepid Potash (NYSE:IPI),40 times the normal volume, all hitting lower.

    HERERA: So, let`s turn our focus now to another area of the markets, the small cap stocks.Small cap stocks have been on a tear this year, producing large returns with the Russell 2000adding to its year-to-date gains, and recent record highs. But is the run-up in the small capstocks coming to an end?

    Let`s ask Kristina Hooper. She is investment strategist at Allianz Global Investors.

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    Kristina, welcome. Nice to have you on NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT.

    KRISTINA HOOPER, ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS INVESTMENT STRATEGIST:Thanks for having me.

    HERERA: I believe you think the small caps have a little more room to run. Tell me why.

    HOOPER: Well, we think over the long term, small caps make a great investment choice forinvestors, nearly because we`re an environment of financial oppression. We`re going to be there

    for a long time and that really necessitates moving out on the risk spectrum, having exposure to adifferent variety risk assets and that include small caps.

    MATHISEN: Let`s --

    HOOPER: Now, over the longer -- over the shorter term, we`re excited about small caps.We do think there`s some positive aspects of small caps, namely that typically in a rising rateenvironment, small caps have out-performed. That`s typically coupled with an economic

    recovery.

    In addition, one thing that I think is being overlooked by a lot of investors today is the factthat companies are sitting on record levels of cash, and typically one of the significant ways theydeploy that cash is through purchases, mergers, acquisitions. And that could really benefit smallcap stocks.

    MATHISEN: Quick question and a quick follow-up, if I might, Kristina. You used thephrase financial repression. What does that mean?

    HOOPER: That means an environment where rates are held artificially low and we are inthat environment and we anticipate we`ll continue to be in that environment for years to come.There is a real asphyxiation of yield going for many traditional sources of income.

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    MATHISEN: You know, in some of the research I was doing, this afternoon, I was struck bythe fact that there is some sort of nexus, maybe an inverse nexus, between how domestic smallcap companies fair and how the emerging markets share. Can you probe that for us or what thetheory is it?

    HOOPER: Well, it seems that investors who are looking for growth, either favor emergingmarkets or small caps or at least that s the theory behind it. However, I would argue that there isso much cash sitting in -- on the sideline, sitting in cash, sitting in core fixed income that couldeasily move into both emerging markets and small caps. That it`s not an either or proposition.

    MATHISEN: There is enough fuel to fuel both in your view?

    HOOPER: Absolutely.

    HERERA: What about the dividend for small caps?

    HOOPER: Well, we think investors need to look for yields in all kinds of places, and if they

    are moving out on the risk spectrum and having exposure to risk assets including small caps,they should be looking for dividend income even in small cap stocks. So, that`s why we`reexcited about dividend paying small caps.

    MATHISEN: So, what percentage of a typical investor s portfolio should be in smallcompanies and are there certain sectors of that -- subsectors of that broad universe that you favorright now?

    HOOPER: Well, there is no one percentage because it really depends on an investor`s riskprofile. But we think there needs to be a diversification of risk assets. There might be sometactical allocation amongst different risk classes. But there also needs to be long-term exposureto areas like small caps.

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    In terms of areas within small caps, cyclicals are showing a lot of attractive values right now.So, for example, industrials, materials, those areas have continued to have attractive evaluations.

    HERERA: All right. Kristina, we`ll leave it there. Thank you very much for joining us.Kristina Hooper, investment strategist at Allianz Global Investors.

    HOOPER: Thank you.

    HERERA: Coming up, tuition is rising and parents aren`t willing to pay as much for collegeas they used to. So, what`s a student to do? That story is next.

    But, first, how commodities, treasuries and currencies performed today.

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    MATHISEN: It is a big day for a tiny college in Kentucky. Center College, Danville,Kentucky, with fewer than 1,400 students and best known for hosting a vice presidential

    candidate last year, just received one of the largest gifts ever given to a school. Center was givenstockholdings worth $250 million from the A. Eugene Brockman Charitable Trust. The schoolsays it`s going to use the money to set up 40 annual merit-based scholarships in the fields ofscience, computer science and economics.

    HERERA: Well, with the exception of those deserving students at Center College, tuitionbills nonetheless are skyrocketing, forcing some big changes over who is paying for college, andit`s not necessarily mom and dad anymore. A new study shows that parents are no longer payingfor the majority of college tuition bills. That burden now falls on students who often have to find

    their own resources. And more of them are now getting free help.

    Sharon Epperson has our story.

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    SHARON EPPERSON, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): More and more students are searching for and finding free money to pay for a large chunkof their college tab.

    UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I looked into a school basically that could supply the most money.

    UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There`s a lot of institutions in this country that are publiclyfunded, that offer affordable ways to go to college.

    EPPERSON: For many families, cost has become the top criteria when choosing a college.

    UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She`s going to be going online and looking at any and allscholarships that she can find.

    EPPERSON: The burden of who pays for college is shifting to the student, as parents foot asmaller portion of the college tuition bill.

    UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We can`t afford to send her and her sister paying the wholething, so she`s going to have to pick up some of the tab, as well.

    EPPERSON (on camera): A student`s ability to find free money has trumped contributionsfrom parents these days. A new study finds scholarships and grants are now the top sources forpaying for college.

    SARAH DUCICH, SALLIE MAE SVP OF PUBLIC POLICY: We`re seeing grants andscholarships pay for 30 percent of an under-graduate education, supplanting parent income andsavings, which now have fallen to 27 percent of the share of college cost.

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    EPPERSON: Six out of 10 families say they`ve done an online scholarship search in thecollege planning process. Experts say finding resources that helps students plan for how they`llpay for their entire college career is essential.

    DUCICH: Make sure you look at the sources, develop that plan and make sure that thestudent is successful in achieving that degree.

    EPPERSON: For NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT, I`m Sharon Epperson.

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    MATHISEN: And join us tomorrow right here on NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT, whenwe begin our three-part series on how to navigate long-term care -- covering everything fromwhen to buy insurance, to what it pays for, to how to pay for it, and tell us which stocks youwould like our market monitor guests to discuss this Friday.

    Click the link on our Web site, NBR.com to submit the question and don`t forget to tell uswhere you`re from.

    HERERA: Absolutely.

    That will do it for NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT for tonight. I`m Sue Herera. Thanks forwatching. Susie Gharib will be back tomorrow.

    MATHISEN: And I`m Tyler Mathisen. Thanks from me, as well. Have a great evening,everybody. We`ll see you right back here tomorrow night.

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