Finance
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Baum on Money: In La-La land with consumer inflation forecastsJan 19, 2014 6:06 am - Here are some stories I’m reading on the U.S. economy. Once a stigma, always a stigma. Until the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the Fed made it clear to banks that bor...
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Work Advice: Surviving the coughy-klatchJan 19, 2014 6:00 am - The inbox has coughed up several letters on the same topic. Reader 1: A co-worker sounds like she has hairballs. She coughs and then sounds like she's throwing up at the...
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U.S. consumer expectations of credit improve, New York Fed saysJan 19, 2014 6:00 am - Expectations of credit access among U.S. consumers improved in recent months even as their predictions for inflation held steady, according to a survey by the Federal Re...
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Career Coach: The power of using a nameJan 18, 2014 10:00 pm - “A person's name is to him or her the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” — Dale Carnegie. Recently, I was in several situations where I was once again r...
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Regulators close West Chicago bankJan 17, 2014 6:39 pm - WASHINGTON — Regulators have closed a small lender in Illinois, making it the first U.S. bank failure of 2014 following 24 closures last year. The Federal Deposit Insur...
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Company blamed for W.Va. spill files for bankruptcyJan 17, 2014 3:52 pm - CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The company blamed for a chemical spill that left 300,000 West Virginians without safe drinking water filed for bankruptcy Friday. Freedom Industries...
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Shoppers fret about authenticity of Target emailsJan 17, 2014 3:27 pm - NEW YORK — An email sent to the roughly 70 million Target customers who may have been affected by a pre-Christmas data breach is causing panic among those who fear it co...
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Illinois delays start of income tax filing seasonJan 16, 2014 2:50 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois revenue officials say residents won’t be able to file their 2013 income taxes until the end of January — a two-week delay. The (Springfield) Stat...
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Bank of America 4Q earnings jump nearly five-foldJan 15, 2014 5:51 am - NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp. said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit jumped from a year earlier, as the loans on the bank’s balance sheet continued to improve....
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JPMorgan returns to a profit in fourth quarterJan 14, 2014 5:46 am - JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, says it returned to a profit in the fourth quarter. The bank said it had net income of $5.3 billion in the last three mo...