Finance
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Investment seminars can be too convincingSep 11, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- I'm not quite ready for membership in AARP but increasingly I've been getting invitations in the mail for me and my husband to attend investment seminars t...
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Authors tie eating habits with wise spendingSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Deborah McNaughton and Melinda Weinstein want us to face a simple truth -- many people consume too many calories and their unhealthy eating is costing them...
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Briefs: Print Perfect moves to new buildingAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - BATAVIA -- Print Perfect, founded in an Aurora garage nearly 20 years ago, has moved its more than 20 employees into a new, state-of-the-art building in Batavia less tha...
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Bernanke, Bush weigh in on lending squeeze
Aug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and President Bush sent separate tough love messages Friday to Wall Street and Main Street: We understand your pain but it's not ou...
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Take steps to prepare for coming job lossAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Capital One's ubiquitous advertising campaign -- "What's in your wallet?" -- has taken on a different and jarring meaning for hundreds of workers in its mo...
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Investors return to worried waysAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - The Dow Jones industrial average fell 280 points Tuesday as investors grew more uneasy about the economy and whether the Federal Reserve will take the steps needed to pr...
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Law bans harassing by debt collectorsAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Governor Rod Blagojevich Monday signed a new law to help protect Illinoisans from harassment calls from debt collectors. Senate Bill 1398 limits the amoun...
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State to expand online payment of business taxesAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Revenue is expected to announce expansion plans this fall for its electronic withholding tax filing program for businesses. Since the pilot pr...
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Some bargain buys are busts
Aug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Party supplies. Mascara. Picture frames. All for a dollar and hard to resist. The bargain buys at discount stores can seem like a deal, but some items aren't even worth ...
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Banks borrow more from Federal Reserve
Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Banks have stepped up their borrowing from the Federal Reserve, encouraged by central bank policymakers to help stem a credit crunch that has roiled Wall S...