Finance
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How not to inherit mom's timeshareOct 07, 2018 1:00 am - Timeshare owners James and Barbara Ruh enjoy their annual vacations in Hawaii, but they don't want their daughters to be obligated to take over the contracts when they d...
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You can still deduct a client's meal on a night out, IRS says
Oct 07, 2018 1:00 am - The Internal Revenue Service is giving businesses a tax break they thought they had lost in the tax overhaul last year - write-offs for wining and dining clients. The ag...
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We should worry most about student borrowers who owe the leastOct 07, 2018 1:00 am - Stories about student loan borrowers with six-figure debt loads might shock us, intrigue us or appeal to our deep-seated sense of financial schadenfreude. But borrowers ...
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Jack Dorsey's Square rolls out lending for customer purchases
Oct 06, 2018 1:00 am - Square Inc. is offering loans to customers to pay for goods and services from merchants that use its payments platform, another move by the company to push deeper into f...
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Economist optimistic about future market growthOct 04, 2018 1:00 am - Nationally known economist Robert Genetski is optimistic about continued growth in the economy and even expressed a positive prediction about Chicago's football team. "...
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Analysis: How much people really make in the 'gig economy'
Sep 30, 2018 1:11 am - The "gig economy" has been hailed as a major disruption to the American workforce, as sites like Uber, Airbnb and Etsy offer workers new ways to make money and work a fl...
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Goodbye bonus? Your pay is probably going down next year
Sep 30, 2018 1:10 am - Despite the improving economy, companies have stubbornly withheld salary increases over the past few years, opting to fatten the bonus pool instead. Now, they're taking ...
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Debt diary: How an engineer digs out of $100,000 in loansSep 30, 2018 1:06 am - Shannon Beranek craved an iced coffee after toiling all morning in 94-degree heat. But the civil engineer owes almost six figures in college loans, so she parked outside...
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Few graduates working in public service have received expected break on loans
Sep 30, 2018 1:00 am - An initiative designed to help college graduates who choose low-paying public-service jobs pay off their student loans is run in a confusing and piecemeal fashion, accor...
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How to live with your first credit card's limitSep 30, 2018 1:00 am - The thrill of getting approved for your first credit card might wear off — at least a little — when you see the news punctuating that congratulatory message: Your new cr...