Finance
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Analysis: Fed chair Powell offers opaque message to investors - and they like it
Sep 22, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has left everyone guessing about what the central bank will do next. And that's exactly what investors wanted. The Fed m...
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America's billionaire playgrounds: rockets, ranches and rivers
Sep 22, 2019 6:00 am - Gordy & Sons Outfitters in Houston stocks almost anything an outdoors enthusiast could want, from a $1,550 knife inlaid with 45,000-year-old woolly mammoth tusk fossil t...
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Don't-pay-till-you-die reverse mortgages are booming in Canada
Sep 22, 2019 6:00 am - Reverse mortgages are surging in Canada as more older people join the country's debt bandwagon. If you're 55 or older, you can borrow as much as 55% of the value of your...
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What to know before refinancing your home loan
Sep 22, 2019 6:00 am - Mortgage rates have hovered near three-year lows recently, leading many homeowners to wonder if now is the time to refinance. I asked Craig Strent, CEO and co-founder of...
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Great Lakes Credit Union names four new executivesSep 20, 2019 1:00 am - Great Lakes Credit Union announced it has made four new appointments in its executive ranks. The Bannockburn-based credit union has promoted Fred Campobasso to chief len...
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Discover hits $1B milestone in home equity loansSep 20, 2019 1:00 am - RIVERWOODS - Discover Home Equity Loans has reached a milestone by exceeding $1 billion in total loan balance and doubling origination volume each of the last two years....
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Gasoline pump prices in U.S. set to jump after Saudi attack
Sep 17, 2019 1:00 am - The attack on an oil facility in Saudi Arabia that sent futures prices soaring Monday will likely begin filtering through to gas stations later this week, according to p...
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Self-employed and trying to get a mortgage? Here's what you need to do to qualify.
Sep 15, 2019 6:18 am - An estimated one-third of all employees in the United States work part-time or full-time as freelancers or contract workers, according to Gallup. Self-employment can be ...
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Analysis: U.S. recession indicators haven't made up their minds
Sep 15, 2019 6:10 am - Investors are abuzz over the risk of a looming U.S. recession, yet economic indicators are giving mixed signals at worst that the record-long expansion will end soon. Ye...
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U.S. consumer borrowing posts biggest gain since late 2017
Sep 15, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumer borrowing surged in July at its fastest pace since late 2017, driven by a big jump credit card use. Consumer borrowing increased by $23.3 bill...