Finance
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Why people are leaving New York, L.A. for Detroit
Feb 07, 2016 6:32 am - Erica MacKinnon and Bill Sneed have lived all over the world and spent a couple of years in a rented Los Angeles duplex considering whether to move to Miami or Seattle, ...
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TCF to close 33 suburban Jewel-Ocso branchesFeb 05, 2016 12:00 am - TCF Financial Corp. plans to close 33 TCF Bank branches in Jewel-Osco stores in Chicago and the suburbs by the end of May. The Minnesota-based financial services group s...
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BankFinancial reports $8.7 million net income in 2015Feb 03, 2016 12:00 am - BURR RIDGE - BankFinancial Corp. said it recorded net income of $8.7 million and earnings per share of common stock of 44 cents per share for the year ended Dec. 31, 201...
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Obama seeks to expand 401(k) use by employers pooling plans
Jan 31, 2016 5:44 am - President Barack Obama will propose allowing small businesses to more easily pool 401(k) plans, in the hope that more Americans will adopt a crucial tool to save for ret...
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State Bank of Geneva names new CEOJan 27, 2016 12:00 am - GENEVA - The State Bank of Geneva has named Christopher P. Barton to president, CEO and director. Barton was most recently executive vice president of Community Bank-W...
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Rough start to the year? The rest could be betterJan 25, 2016 12:00 am - This year has unfolded into perhaps the roughest start of any recent year on record for corporate profits falling; Sears, Wal-Mart and Macy's closing stores; and the Dow...
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Some funds offer to tame market's chaos, but at a price
Jan 24, 2016 6:43 am - NEW YORK - Freaked out by the stock market's big swings? Then the investment industry has something it built just for you: funds that hope to offer a steadier ride. That...
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You might be among the richest people in the world and not realize it
Jan 24, 2016 6:40 am - Most people these days know that global wealth is unequal, and becoming more so. But the latest statistics that illustrate these trends are still mind boggling, no matte...
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How too much of a good thing can lead to deadly plane crashes
Jan 24, 2016 6:38 am - WASHINGTON - On a July morning in 2013, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 prepared to land in San Francisco. A few miles from the airport, its pilot chose the wrong autopilot ...
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How to win from Powerball, even if you lost
Jan 24, 2016 6:33 am - A video emerged last week that shows servers and chefs at a restaurant in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, bursting into shrieks of celebration because they thought they ha...