Finance
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Cable firms offer alternatives to the bloated bundle
Sep 26, 2015 7:33 am - The best alternatives to the cable bundle may be coming out of the cable companies themselves. Since Verizon Communications in April introduced cheaper, slimmed-down bun...
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First Midwest acquires Peoples' Bank of Arlington HeightsSep 22, 2015 1:00 am - Itasca-based First Midwest Bancorp, the parent company of First Midwest Bank, announced it will acquire The Peoples' Bank of Arlington Heights for an undisclosed sum. Pe...
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The Federal Reserve is trying to do what nobody else has been able to do
Sep 20, 2015 7:35 am - WASHINGTON - You can raise rates any time you want, but you can never leave the zero bound. That, at least, has been the case for almost every country that has tried to ...
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What you need to know about the Federal Reserve
Sep 20, 2015 7:33 am - WASHINGTON - Sometime this year, the Federal Reserve is likely to do something it hasn't done in nearly 10 years: raise interest rates. The decision sounds wonky, but it...
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It's about to get easier for students to figure out which colleges they can afford
Sep 20, 2015 7:32 am - College-bound students will be able to get earlier estimates of their eligibility for federal grants and loans next fall as the White House moves to simplify the way the...
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Senior savers will wait to reap benefits from Fed rate increases
Sep 20, 2015 7:31 am - WASHINGTON - Jerry Willis is ready for higher interest rates. Willis is 79 and retired. Like millions of other older Americans, he owns an investment portfolio that incl...
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Racial disparities in college major selection exacerbates earnings gap
Sep 20, 2015 1:00 am - African-American and Hispanic students disproportionately earn more bachelors degrees in low-paying majors, putting them at higher risk for financial instability after g...
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Lake County program helps 39 homeowners keep homesSep 18, 2015 1:00 am - About 25 percent of the Lake County homeowners who participated in the first year of a new foreclosure mediation program renegotiated loans and kept their homes, officia...
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Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union opens Schaumburg branchSep 15, 2015 1:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - The Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union, the nation's largest ethnic credit union, has opened a new branch in Schaumburg. The facility at 1112 South Rosell...
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The schools driving America's student loan crisis
Sep 13, 2015 7:41 am - WASHINGTON - In August 2014, network technicians opened a special connection between computers at the federal departments of Education and Treasury. On nights and weeken...