Finance
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Reduce risk: Make new retirement contributions to fixed-income fundsDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Q: I participate in the federal Thrift Savings Plan. I have my money distributed in these funds: 60 percent in large stocks, 20 percent in small stocks and 20 percen...
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Black Friday discounts boost retail salesDec 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Consumers lured into stores by Black Friday discounts pushed up U.S. retail sales for the first time in three weeks. Sales at stores open at least a year rose 1.3 perce...
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Smaller mortgage lenders see opportunity
Dec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - As many of the biggest U.S. banks continue to pare back their mortgage lending, some smaller financial institutions see global financial turmoil as an opportunity to pic...
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TransUnion: 3Q credit card delinquency rate rises
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Fed's emergency loan program increases activity
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With times tight, even lawyers get outsourcedNov 26, 2008 10:00 pm - As the economic crisis deepens in the U.S., some lawyers are making out well - in India. At the Mumbai subsidiary of outsourcer Pangea3 LLC, rows of Indian lawyers at ne...
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A monthly pension income can protect your portfolioNov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Q: In your column you frequently recommend taking a lifetime pension and not a lump sum. I could understand not putting the pension lump sum at risk, but it seems to...
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Neumann homes seeks $9 mil sale of tract to Cole TaylorNov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Warrenville-based- Neumann Homes the bankrupt homebuilder, asked a judge to approve the $9 million sale of land north of Chicago to Cole Taylor Bank. The lender, a unit ...
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Rescue ahead for Citigroup?Nov 21, 2008 10:00 pm - The U.S. Government probably will probably rescue Citigroup Inc., which is struggling through a crisis in confidence that erased half its stock-market value in three day...
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Humbug store opens in Long GroveNov 21, 2008 10:00 pm - LONG GROVE - The Humbug store recently opened at 225 Robert Parker Coffin Road. Tobin Fraley is the owner of the shop featuring the mischievous little fellow. He also wr...