Finance
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Lisle, Naperville cops warn of fake IRS callsFeb 22, 2016 12:00 am - Lisle and Naperville police are warning residents about scam artists who are placing telephone calls purporting to be from the Internal Revenue Service and demanding tax...
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How being a woman can ding your credit score
Feb 21, 2016 6:40 am - Women have less debt than men. But despite their lower debt loads, they still have lower credit scores. Why the disparity? It may all come down to the fact that men stil...
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New America Foundation says it's time to abolish federal student loans
Feb 21, 2016 6:35 am - What if the federal government stopped handing out students loans, got rid of higher education tax credits and eliminated Pell Grants for needy students? And instead, it...
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Your retirement plan may be supporting the 'most overpaid' CEOs
Feb 21, 2016 6:31 am - In 2011, investors began getting the right to have their "say on pay," a rule in the Dodd-Frank financial reform act that requires companies to let shareholders cast an ...
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Great Lakes Credit Union donates to 13 organizationsFeb 19, 2016 12:00 am - BANNOCKBURN - Great Lakes Credit Union announced it will donate $39,000 in support of 13 organizations located within the communities of their branches throughout Lake, ...
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Great Lakes Credit Union employees donate $10,000 to two charitiesFeb 17, 2016 12:00 am - BANNOCKBURN - Great Lakes Credit Union employees raised $10,000 to support two charities in 2015. GLCU employees voted to support On Angels' Wings and CU4Kids, and throu...
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Why you're using your chip card at some stores and not at others
Feb 13, 2016 10:00 pm - If you're like many shoppers, you've had a momentary blip of confusion — or maybe several of them — at a checkout counter lately. That's because some stores have outfitt...
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Your tax preparers might not know what they're doing
Feb 13, 2016 10:00 pm - For several years, researchers have been sending people into tax preparation offices to test the quality of the work. The results have been scary: • A tax preparer in No...
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Falling stocks raise fears among retirement savers
Feb 13, 2016 10:00 pm - As the economy struggled to take off in the years after the financial crisis, Americans had at least one shining source of optimism: a booming stock market that not only...
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Elgin gets a deal on $25 million bond saleFeb 11, 2016 12:00 am - Elgin's largest bond sale in at least 15 years comes at a low interest rate thanks to the city's strong bond ratings, officials said. The 2.4 percent interest rate for t...