Finance
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First Midwest Bank receives highest J.D. Power rankingMay 05, 2015 1:00 am - ITASCA - For the second straight year, J.D. Power ranked First Midwest Bank the highest in customer satisfaction for the six state Midwest region in its 2015 Retail Bank...
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Buffett defends junk foodMay 02, 2015 1:00 am - Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is the largest investor in Coca-Cola Co. and owns See's Candies, affirmed his confidence in the market for sugary treats, e...
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First Community 1Q income upApr 29, 2015 1:00 am - JOLIET - First Community Financial Partners, the parent company of First Community Financial Bank, reported net income for the first quarter of 2015 was $1.6 million as ...
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U.S. Bank relocates Schaumburg branchApr 29, 2015 1:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - U.S. Bank has opened its relocated branch in Schaumburg at 60 S. Meacham Road, from just down the street at 201 S. Meacham Road. The new branch is three ti...
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How London man may have helped trigger the 'flash crash'Apr 25, 2015 1:00 am - NEW YORK - He operated from a modest suburban London home he shared with his parents, far from the city's glamorous financial center. He used off-the-shelf software anyo...
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VW Chairman Ferdinand Piech resigns in power struggleApr 25, 2015 1:00 am - Volkswagen AG Chairman Ferdinand Piech resigned after more than two decades atop Europe's largest carmaker following his failed attempt to oust Chief Executive Officer M...
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Credit score seminar in GurneeApr 20, 2015 1:00 am - Consumers Credit Union is hosting "Your Credit Score," a no-cost seminar that provides insight into building a better credit score at 6 p.m. May 7 at the Holiday Inn in ...
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Companies can 'totally fix' the gender pay gap, one Google executive sayApr 19, 2015 7:37 am - During a recent talk in Washington, Laszlo Bock, Google's "people operations" chief, said something notable about fixing the equal-pay conundrum. While he acknowledged t...
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Where the poor and rich spend really spend their moneyApr 19, 2015 7:34 am - WASHINGTON - Lawmakers in several states are urging limits on how welfare recipients use public benefits, suggesting that the poor are buying things like lobster, filet ...
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Why General Electric is changing its mind about being a finance companyApr 19, 2015 7:33 am - WASHINGTON -- For a long time, General Electric had a black box that always let it just beat its earnings targets. That black box got bigger and bigger, though, and in 2...