Finance
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Gasoline at $2 by Christmas to be windfall for drivers
Sep 13, 2015 7:31 am - U.S. motorists will have more to spend at the malls this holiday season as gasoline pump prices drop near $2 a gallon at the end of the year. Gasoline has reversed a 38...
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Why you could be getting a big raise in 2016
Sep 06, 2015 7:35 am - Even as the landscape for wages looks bleak, at least one rung of the compensation ladder is doing just fine. And 2016 may be even better. White-collar workers will get...
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Lack of self control can make you a better saver
Sep 06, 2015 7:32 am - Often, the biggest obstacle to saving is that there isn't enough money to set aside after the bills are paid. But other times the hardest part is establishing the habit ...
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Great Lakes Credit Union acquires 2 branchesSep 03, 2015 1:00 am - BANNOCKBURN - Great Lakes Credit Union said it acquired two branches as part of a merger with McHenry County Federal Credit Union. Terms of the acquisition were not anno...
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Bank perks going away? Not everywhereSep 02, 2015 5:30 am - If you go to your local Chase branch, you may be blocked from going through the drive-up windows. Chase said it is "rethinking" the traditional drive-up concept at some ...
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Amazon's 401(k) plan is pretty brutal, too
Aug 30, 2015 7:30 am - To judge by Amazon's 401(k) plan, the giant online retailer doesn't have much in common with its more benevolent Silicon Valley peers. The workplace culture now under sc...
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Fewer companies are giving out bonuses to lower-paid employees
Aug 30, 2015 1:00 am - The good news for workers, according to data released by Aon Hewitt, is that company spending on compensation has reached a new high. In 2015, the human resources consul...
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Looking for a commodity that's rising? Try pollution permits
Aug 30, 2015 1:00 am - There's one corner of the commodities markets bucking the slump that's sent raw material prices tumbling: pollution permits. Prices in Europe's market for carbon emissio...
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Fed Vice Chair keeps door open to rate hikeAug 29, 2015 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer left the door open Saturday for a Fed rate increase in September, saying the factors that have kept inflation ...
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Devalued Chinese currency mixed news for suburban manufacturersAug 24, 2015 1:00 pm - The devaluation of China's yuan currency that led to a plunging stock market could bring mixed results to manufacturers in the suburbs and elsewhere, experts said Monday...