Business Stories from March 29, 2015 (Change date)
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In 2016 campaign, the lament of the not quite rich enoughMar 30, 2015 7:03 am - WASHINGTON - At this point in the 2012 presidential race, Terry Neese was in hot demand. "Gosh, I was hearing from everyone and meeting with everyone," said Neese, an Ok...
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Debate over test security vs. student privacy rages in the age of social mediaMar 30, 2015 7:03 am - A New Jersey student's tweet about a question on new Common Core tests was deleted after it was flagged by a testing company, spurring a national debate about how to bal...
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How to donateMar 29, 2015 7:30 am - Harper's Educational Foundation will kick off a $5 million fundraising campaign for the Promise Scholarship Program Monday. Donations can be made at Harper.edu/promise. ...
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Longer CEO lives spur pay growth as companies cushion pensionsMar 30, 2015 7:03 am - NEW YORK — Pensions are helping to fuel a jump in average chief executive officer pay — and the reason is largely out of companies' control. Standard & Poor's 500 index ...
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Harper president tried free tuition program at his last schoolMar 29, 2015 4:44 pm - Tim Zoyac's mom drove a school bus, his dad worked in a warehouse, and neither went to college. He made above average grades and was involved in 13 of the 19 extracurric...
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Harper College promises two years of free tuitionMar 30, 2015 7:02 pm - A groundbreaking plan to offer two years of free community college to qualifying high school graduates will be announced Monday by Harper College in Palatine. To earn it...
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Millennials shift to homeownership as rents soarMar 30, 2015 7:03 am - BOSTON -- Americans in their 20s and early 30s are getting a nudge toward homeownership a decade after sales peaked during the housing bubble. It's not their nagging par...
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The steep costs of living so far apart from each otherMar 31, 2015 7:23 am - WASHINGTON — In strictly economic terms, sprawl is inefficient. Spread people out, and it takes them longer to drive where they need to go, and it costs them more in gas...
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If you put 10% of your paycheck into savings, you should be able to retireMar 31, 2015 7:23 am - WASHINGTON -- With traditional pensions on the wane, wages for typical workers flat-lining and many people living longer, it is no secret that Americans face an ever-inc...
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Drug companies are bombarding your TV with more ads than everMar 30, 2015 7:03 am - WASHINGTON — The soft, cheesy music. Happy, smiling middle-aged couples playing sports almost effortlessly. The docile tones of a narrator ticking off a mind-numbing lis...
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