Finance
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College students have discovered how to save money on textbooksAug 23, 2015 7:36 am - WASHINGTON -- In his first year at George Washington University, Sam Connelly, did what most freshmen do after getting a list of required course materials: head to the c...
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A fix for student debt
Aug 23, 2015 7:31 am - Anyone who is unaware that we face a massive problem involving college student debt, contact Earth at your first convenience. The troubling facts are almost universally ...
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Stock rout inevitable to Leuthold's Ramsey, and will worsenAug 23, 2015 1:00 am - Doug Ramsey, whose quantitative research into market breadth, valuation and investor sentiment foreshadowed the drubbing in American stocks last week, says the selling w...
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Bitcoin is having an identity crisis
Aug 22, 2015 7:41 am - Bitcoin was built on the sort of open-source ethos that has driven generations of geeks. But the same principles it celebrates-a decentralized network of contributors, a...
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Facebook could be the future of money, if it learns to ignore the United States
Aug 22, 2015 7:35 am - Facebook has rolled out a product in the United States that allows users to transfer money to each other via Facebook message. Your Facebook Messenger account is linked ...
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First Midwest Bancorp declares 9 cent 3Q dividendAug 21, 2015 1:00 am - ITASCA - First Midwest Bancorp, the holding company for First Midwest Bank, announced today that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on the company...
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Akorn gets NASDAQ noticeAug 18, 2015 1:00 am - LAKE FOREST - Akorn Inc. Monday announced that, as expected, it has received a notice from the Nasdaq Staff stating that the Company is not in compliance with Nasdaq Lis...
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Campus childcare could cut costs for a quarter of undergrads
Aug 16, 2015 7:41 am - Democrats vying for the White House are promoting an unusual way to slash the cost of college for millions of American students: invest in daycare. Slightly more than a ...
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Economics of childcare slams younger households
Aug 16, 2015 7:38 am - WASHINGTON -- It's not the cost of diapers or even future college tuition that's rattling Amber Sparks. "We basically had to remake our entire budget around daycare," sa...
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Speed of stock reversals can breed nausea
Aug 16, 2015 7:36 am - NEW YORK - The time it takes to win and lose money in the U.S. stock market has gotten noticeably shorter of late. Losses spurred by China's currency devaluation sent th...