Finance
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Illinois dodges downgrade to junk as Moody's affirms rating
Jul 21, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois avoided becoming the first junk-rated U.S. state after Moody's Investors Service opted to leave its grade unchanged, pushing the price of the state's bonds to t...
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Discover recognized as a 2017 Best Place to Work in ITJul 18, 2017 1:00 am - Business Wire RIVERWOODS - Discover has been selected as one of Computerworld's 100 Best Places to Work in IT for 2017, the 14th year Discover has been recognized as a b...
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Prof. Pollack's Index Card v. 2: Financial advice for people of any income
Jul 16, 2017 7:23 am - Four years ago, in a blog conversation with finance writer Helaine Olen, I joked that the best financial advice for most people is available for free in the library and ...
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Why Illinois' personal income growth is 49th in nationJul 15, 2017 1:00 am - Like other manufacturers in Illinois, Jim Carr has trouble filling certain key positions at his Elk Grove Village-based Carr Machine & Tool Inc. When those jobs go unfi...
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MB Financial ranked a top U.S. mortgage lenderJul 13, 2017 1:00 am - CHICAGO - MB Financial Bank was named by mortgage originators resource Scotsman Guide as one of the nation's top mortgage lenders in 2016. In the rankings by Scotsman Gu...
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CellTrak gets $11 million financing to expandJul 10, 2017 1:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - CellTrak Technologies has raised more than $11 million from Boathouse Capital with participation from existing investor MK Capital, which will be used to fu...
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Three pieces of financial wisdom from Jay-Z in '4:44'
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T. Rowe Price CEO: Stock pickers still matter
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How to bounce back from a credit card blindsideJul 09, 2017 7:17 am - Aditya Dwivedula wasn't happy when his oldest credit card got canceled - especially since it happened without any warning. "I basically got an email saying my card is no...
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Tips for becoming debt-free - without regretsJul 09, 2017 7:16 am - Stories about how ordinary people pay off debt quickly can be amazing, inspiring - and somewhat deceptive. These tales often mention the sacrifices debtors made but may ...