Finance
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Senior savers will wait to reap benefits from Fed rate increases
Sep 20, 2015 7:31 am - WASHINGTON - Jerry Willis is ready for higher interest rates. Willis is 79 and retired. Like millions of other older Americans, he owns an investment portfolio that incl...
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Racial disparities in college major selection exacerbates earnings gap
Sep 20, 2015 1:00 am - African-American and Hispanic students disproportionately earn more bachelors degrees in low-paying majors, putting them at higher risk for financial instability after g...
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Lake County program helps 39 homeowners keep homesSep 18, 2015 1:00 am - About 25 percent of the Lake County homeowners who participated in the first year of a new foreclosure mediation program renegotiated loans and kept their homes, officia...
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Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union opens Schaumburg branchSep 15, 2015 1:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - The Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union, the nation's largest ethnic credit union, has opened a new branch in Schaumburg. The facility at 1112 South Rosell...
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The schools driving America's student loan crisis
Sep 13, 2015 7:41 am - WASHINGTON - In August 2014, network technicians opened a special connection between computers at the federal departments of Education and Treasury. On nights and weeken...
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Gasoline at $2 by Christmas to be windfall for drivers
Sep 13, 2015 7:31 am - U.S. motorists will have more to spend at the malls this holiday season as gasoline pump prices drop near $2 a gallon at the end of the year. Gasoline has reversed a 38...
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Why you could be getting a big raise in 2016
Sep 06, 2015 7:35 am - Even as the landscape for wages looks bleak, at least one rung of the compensation ladder is doing just fine. And 2016 may be even better. White-collar workers will get...
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Lack of self control can make you a better saver
Sep 06, 2015 7:32 am - Often, the biggest obstacle to saving is that there isn't enough money to set aside after the bills are paid. But other times the hardest part is establishing the habit ...
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Great Lakes Credit Union acquires 2 branchesSep 03, 2015 1:00 am - BANNOCKBURN - Great Lakes Credit Union said it acquired two branches as part of a merger with McHenry County Federal Credit Union. Terms of the acquisition were not anno...
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Bank perks going away? Not everywhereSep 02, 2015 5:30 am - If you go to your local Chase branch, you may be blocked from going through the drive-up windows. Chase said it is "rethinking" the traditional drive-up concept at some ...