Finance
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Career Coach: The power of using a nameJan 18, 2014 10:00 pm - “A person's name is to him or her the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” — Dale Carnegie. Recently, I was in several situations where I was once again r...
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Regulators close West Chicago bankJan 17, 2014 6:39 pm - WASHINGTON — Regulators have closed a small lender in Illinois, making it the first U.S. bank failure of 2014 following 24 closures last year. The Federal Deposit Insur...
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Company blamed for W.Va. spill files for bankruptcyJan 17, 2014 3:52 pm - CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The company blamed for a chemical spill that left 300,000 West Virginians without safe drinking water filed for bankruptcy Friday. Freedom Industries...
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Shoppers fret about authenticity of Target emailsJan 17, 2014 3:27 pm - NEW YORK — An email sent to the roughly 70 million Target customers who may have been affected by a pre-Christmas data breach is causing panic among those who fear it co...
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Illinois delays start of income tax filing seasonJan 16, 2014 2:50 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois revenue officials say residents won’t be able to file their 2013 income taxes until the end of January — a two-week delay. The (Springfield) Stat...
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Bank of America 4Q earnings jump nearly five-foldJan 15, 2014 5:51 am - NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp. said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit jumped from a year earlier, as the loans on the bank’s balance sheet continued to improve....
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JPMorgan returns to a profit in fourth quarterJan 14, 2014 5:46 am - JPMorgan Chase, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, says it returned to a profit in the fourth quarter. The bank said it had net income of $5.3 billion in the last three mo...
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AT&T to sell toll-free service for wireless dataJan 12, 2014 6:38 am - LAS VEGAS — AT&T Inc., the country’s second-largest wireless carrier, announced this week that it’s setting up a “1-800” service for wireless data. Websites that pay for...
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Study: Gender pay gap would lessen with flexible scheduleJan 12, 2014 5:29 am - Bloomberg News Pay differentials between the sexes could be erased if more companies offered a flexible work schedule to their employees, according to results of a study...
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4 questions to ask before next health overhaul deadlineJan 12, 2014 5:22 am - More than 2 million Americans met the health care overhaul’s deadline last month to sign up for insurance coverage that started Jan. 1. But the enrollment window hasn’t ...