Finance
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Newsmakers: A 'seller's market' for business investment, acquisitionsFeb 23, 2017 12:00 am - It's a seller's market in 2017 as available money for investment continues to outpace the number of business owners seeking to sell or grow their businesses, according t...
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Consumers Credit Union to host 87th Annual MeetingFeb 20, 2017 12:00 am - WAUKEGAN - Consumers Credit Union will host its 87th annual meeting on March 15 at Key Lime Cove Resort in Gurnee. The meeting features the election of four members to t...
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Analysis: The argument against bringing banks back into federal student lending
Feb 19, 2017 6:16 am - Bringing private lenders back into the federal student loan program has been a staple of the Republican platform since the Obama administration kicked banks, credit unio...
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Would you share your personal tax data for a deal on a loan?
Feb 19, 2017 6:10 am - Donald Trump likes to say you learn very little from a tax return. TurboTax thinks you can learn a whole lot, and that it can earn a whole lot from it, too. This tax sea...
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AI trader? Tech vet launches hedge fund run by artificial intelligence
Feb 18, 2017 6:14 am - Babak Hodjat believes humans are too emotional for the stock market. So he's started one of the first hedge funds run completely by artificial intelligence. "Humans have...
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Wintrust Mortgage acquires Montana businessFeb 16, 2017 12:00 am - ROSEMONT — Wintrust Mortgage, a division of Barrington Bank & Trust Company, announced it acquired the mortgage banking business of American Homestead Mortgage LLC in Mo...
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Credit union adds Glory Global cash recycler systemFeb 15, 2017 12:00 am - LISLE - Purdue Federal Credit Union has deployed Glory Global Solutions' Vertera 6G Teller Cash Recycler as part of the credit union's branch renovation program. Follow...
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How President Trump could dismantle Wall Street reform
Feb 12, 2017 6:18 am - For years, Wall Street has complained that restrictions placed on the industry after the financial crisis went too far and were too costly. Those concerns didn't generat...
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Ritholtz: Investors establish their own fiduciary standard
Feb 12, 2017 6:11 am - Rules and regulations exist to let us know what behaviors we should expect from the people we do business with. Sometimes, good sense or social convention overtake these...
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Data tells the story: U.S. wages lack sustained momentum
Feb 12, 2017 6:10 am - Four different measures are all telling the same story: While America's workers keep getting hired at a solid pace, they're having difficulty finding sustained growth in...