Finance
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How having children can ruin your retirement
Oct 01, 2017 7:00 am - You don't have children to get rich. From the moment a child arrives, parents pay more-for food, clothes, health care, larger homes, child care and education. The total ...
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Online thieves exploiting Equifax panic, impersonating banks
Oct 01, 2017 7:00 am - The Equifax breach may have you watching your financial records closely for evidence of fraudulent new accounts or suspicious transactions. But you may also want to keep...
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Plexus named best place to work in insuranceSep 29, 2017 1:00 am - Deer Park-based The Plexus Groupe, a national insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firm, has been honored as one of the Best Places to Work in Insurance fo...
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Inflation slowdown is no mystery to the bond market
Sep 28, 2017 1:00 am - (Bloomberg View) - The Federal Reserve and other central banks have been on a quest since 2012 to get inflation back up to levels they deem appropriate for a stable, gro...
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Analysis: The real, simple lesson we can take from the Equifax fiasco
Sep 24, 2017 7:20 am - The Equifax scandal began with the company's belated admission that cyberthieves may have made off with credit-scoring profiles of 143 million people, including their So...
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Why it's so hard for Americans to save for retirement
Sep 24, 2017 7:19 am - More than 35 years after he revolutionized the way Americans plan for retirement, Ted Benna is still trying to make it easier for people to save. Benna, who is sometimes...
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What's your stolen identity selling for on the dark web? Not much
Sep 17, 2017 7:20 am - How much is your personal data worth to you? A lot. (Thanks, Equifax.) And how much is it worth to an identity thief? You may be surprised, or insulted, or enraged, to f...
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Essay: My three years in identity theft hell
Sep 17, 2017 7:00 am - The banker at Wells Fargo looked across her desk at me with the pained expression of somebody who wants to sell you something but can't. “I see you already have several ...
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US Foods sets secondary stock offeringSep 14, 2017 1:00 am - ROSEMONT - US Foods Holding Corp. said it will offer up to 40 million shares of its common stock by investment funds associated with selling stockholders Clayton, Dubili...
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Discover expands efforts to aid hurricane victimsSep 12, 2017 1:00 am - RIVERWOODS - Discover Financial Services is expanding efforts to support the American Red Cross's disaster relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Irma. The company is p...