Business Stories from January 14, 2018 (Change date)
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Illinois' coal mining roots date back to 17th centuryJan 15, 2018 5:33 am - Louis Joliet and Pere Marquette, returning from an expedition on the Mississippi River in 1673, were the first explorers to notice the combustible material that would sh...
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My guns or my ganja? Firearm-owning pot fans face a choiceJan 15, 2018 12:17 pm - HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The federal government says grass and guns don't mix, and that is putting gun owners who use marijuana - and the strongly pro-gun-rights administr...
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'Jumanji' tops 'The Post,' 'The Commuter' at MLK box officeJan 16, 2018 12:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Taraji P. Henson and Paddington Bear and all rushed into movie theaters over Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, but "Jumanji: Wel...
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Why the GOP tax cuts are boosting stocks and who gains mostJan 14, 2018 10:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers late last year rushed $1.5 trillion in tax cuts into law - the most sweeping rewrite of the tax code si...
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How Sears created modern retail in IllinoisJan 16, 2018 12:14 pm - Editor's note: Most people know about the Great Chicago Fire, but there's a lot more to Illinois history than that. Native American settlements thousands of years old...
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$20K (or more) to every baby born in the United States? Here's how it would workJan 17, 2018 5:53 am - Forget baby showers. There's a proposal to give every newborn in the United States a "Baby Bond" account with somewhere between $500 to $50,000 in cash. Neither the kids...
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Analysis: Stocks are at an all-time high. Is it too late to get in on the action?Jan 16, 2018 6:41 am - The Dow Jones industrial average hit the 25,000 mark for the first time Jan. 4, and I confess it made me giddy. The feeling lasted about 15 minutes until my head cleared...
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Graduate school: Where student loan debt is a real problemJan 21, 2018 5:46 pm - Politicians and reporters often trot out recent college graduates struggling to pay off their student loan debt to illustrate the dangers of runaway college costs. But u...
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Planning to borrow for your kid's college? Time to clean up your creditJan 18, 2018 5:10 am - We all know college is expensive, but most families don't understand true costs until senior year. This is when parents realize their college savings plan, if they have ...
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Yes, 'pawternity' benefits are a thingJan 16, 2018 5:51 am - Think having a baby is rough? Just try bringing home a new puppy. All babies need is a couple of diaper changes, a few feedings and a burping session once in a while. Bu...
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