Finance
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Black communities say some banks still practice 'redlining'May 31, 2015 7:38 am - "Redlining" just sounds like an old-timey term, a practice that exists only in history and our re-tellings of it. The word has particular roots in the 1930s, when the go...
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Criminals want your tax returns. Here's what you can do about it.May 31, 2015 7:31 am - In the latest attack on the IRS, criminals went after something a lot more personal than money. Exploiting a weakness in the IRS' website, they obtained a mother lode of...
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Home closing forms get a big makeoverMay 25, 2015 6:42 am - Some of the key documents in the mountain of paperwork consumers sign at closing time when they purchase a home are about to get a big makeover. The changes, which take ...
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What the closing form changes mean for buyersMay 25, 2015 6:42 am - Closing forms: What's changing • The three-day rule is the biggest change to mortgage closings -- borrowers need to receive their loan estimate three days after an appli...
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Minorities and poor college students are shouldering the most student debtMay 24, 2015 7:36 am - WASHINGTON - A day away from crossing the stage at Montclair State University's graduation, Evangelia Stone reflects on her journey from community college, the "amazing"...
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CLC Foundation adds new board membersMay 19, 2015 1:00 am - WAUKEGAN - The College of Lake County Foundation has added four new members to its board of directors and elected new officers. The new CLC Foundation board members and...
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Reflation trade grips S&P 500 as banks hold up amid bond sell-offMay 17, 2015 7:38 am - NEW YORK - You know the market has come full circle from the credit crisis when financial stocks are what investors are buying for protection. It's happening in the Stan...
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Financial advisers don't care about millennials, and the feeling is mutualMay 17, 2015 7:37 am - The investment industry has an age discrimination problem, and millennials and Generation X are bearing the brunt of it. Only 30 percent of financial advisers are active...
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College tuition payment plans: an alternative to loansMay 17, 2015 7:32 am - WASHINGTON - It's four months until the start of the fall semester at San Jose State University and Matt Wallner has figured out how he's paying for school. Wallner, 29,...
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How to find a checking account that pays you to use itMay 17, 2015 7:31 am - WASHINGTON -- Keeping cash in the bank is pretty much a losing proposition nowadays. Yes, you need to have cash on hand to pay the bills and to cover emergencies, but fi...