Business Stories from August 16, 2015 (Change date)
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Prairie Gym registering students for preschool, recreational classesAug 20, 2015 7:17 pm - On Aug. 10, Prairie Gymnastics Club, Batavia's locally-owned, community-based, and family-friendly gym, began registering participants for their preschool (ages 2-kinder...
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Government investigating headlight failure in Ford sedansAug 17, 2015 4:53 pm - DETROIT (AP) - The government is investigating reports of headlight failure in older Ford and Mercury sedans. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says For...
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Campus childcare could cut costs for a quarter of undergradsAug 17, 2015 7:03 am - Democrats vying for the White House are promoting an unusual way to slash the cost of college for millions of American students: invest in daycare. Slightly more than a ...
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Economics of childcare slams younger householdsAug 17, 2015 7:03 am - WASHINGTON -- It's not the cost of diapers or even future college tuition that's rattling Amber Sparks. "We basically had to remake our entire budget around daycare," sa...
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No, Obamacare isn't killing full-time jobs, new evidence showsAug 17, 2015 7:03 am - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's health care reform hasn't meant less time on the job for American workers, according to three newly published studies that challeng...
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Speed of stock reversals can breed nauseaAug 16, 2015 7:40 am - NEW YORK - The time it takes to win and lose money in the U.S. stock market has gotten noticeably shorter of late. Losses spurred by China's currency devaluation sent th...
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Why your company might not offer a high-deductible plan next yearAug 17, 2015 7:03 am - WASHINGTON -- After years of passing on more and more health-care costs to employees, companies are slowing their adoption of high-deductible plans next year, according ...
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You might want to ditch the checking account you opened in high schoolAug 17, 2015 7:03 am - Consumers are creatures of habit -- and that laziness has a cost. It's not unusual for people to procrastinate financial actions until the last possible moment. And once...
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5 financial rules every college student should live byAug 18, 2015 6:51 am - It's time to stuff your suitcases full of all your earthly belongings and go shopping for a hoodie bearing some fearsome mascot. You're headed off to college, perhaps th...
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The wrong boss can also ruin your home life. Here's how to prevent it.Aug 19, 2015 6:13 am - What would happen if, instead of overworked and burned out, workers had supportive managers who understood work is just one part of life? What if workers had more contro...
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