Finance
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Millennial Money: Use a crisis to build helpful money habits
Oct 18, 2020 6:15 am - As millennials, we've learned about money the hard way. From the Great Recession to stratospheric student loan debt to a pandemic, there's been no shortage of life givin...
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Experts testify about systemic racism in Illinois home loan, banking industriesOct 16, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - In Illinois and around the country, an increasing number of universities, investigators and researchers are turning up evidence of systemic racism in the f...
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Protect your devicesOct 15, 2020 1:00 am - With an estimated 4.8 billion people - more than 62 percent of the population - utilizing online technology worldwide, the importance of enhanced cybersecurity measures ...
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First Midwest announces plan to close branchesOct 14, 2020 11:00 pm - CHICAGO - First Midwest Bancorp Inc. Thursday announced plans to consolidate branches, as well as to reopen branches that were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By th...
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Millennial Money: How to create financial stability in shaky times
Oct 11, 2020 6:10 am - In a year that has thrown a pandemic, natural disasters and economic calamity at us while we lurch closer to a presidential election, stability can feel elusive. No matt...
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How to handle college loan debt as an unemployed recent grad
Oct 11, 2020 6:00 am - Entry-level jobs are scarce for recent college graduates, which leaves the Class of 2020 in a precarious position as their student loan debt comes due. Taylor Cabrera ha...
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The first female recession threatens to wipe out decades of progress for U.S. women
Oct 04, 2020 6:25 am - Women helped pull the U.S. economy out of the last recession. This time around they are falling behind. The pandemic is disproportionately affecting women and threatenin...
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Liz Weston: Sustainable investing could get a lot harder
Oct 04, 2020 6:00 am - Interest in sustainable investing is soaring, as more people become convinced that making a positive impact can be profitable as well as good for the planet and society....
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Millennial Money: Try touchless payment to avoid dirty money
Oct 03, 2020 6:18 am - If you're looking for a self-improvement task in this pandemic era, try teaching yourself to use contactless payments with your phone or "tap-to-pay" credit and debit ca...
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Effective altruism: The rise of the rational do-gooders
Sep 27, 2020 6:22 am - Brian Ottens wished he could buy his 8-year-old daughter a better iPad. The first-generation one she'd inherited from her great-grandmother didn't support the game she w...