Finance
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Daily-play fantasy sports luring Wall Street tradersJan 12, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Drew Dinkmeyer spent seven years as a senior investment analyst in Tampa, Fla., before deciding to pursue fantasy sports professionally. Dinkmeyer, who's 31 a...
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GOP Entrepreneur: Boost wages to $12-an-hourJan 12, 2014 3:54 am - LOS ANGELES — Democrats across the nation are eager to make increasing the minimum wage a defining campaign issue in 2014, but in California a proposal to boost the pay ...
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Hops farming grows slowly despite brewers’ demandJan 11, 2014 7:50 pm - MILWAUKEE — Craft brewers eager to capitalize on the local food movement have created a strong demand for hops to flavor their all-local beers, but farms in most states ...
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VA under fire for proposed disability filing ruleJan 11, 2014 2:51 pm - WASHINGTON — For veterans seeking disability compensation, the application process is supposed to be so easy that a handwritten note on a napkin will initiate a claim or...
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Stocks open lower on Wall Street ahead of Fed newsJan 08, 2014 9:04 am - Stocks are mostly lower in early trading as investors hold back ahead of the release of the latest news from the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones industrial average fell ...
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JPMorgan settles Madoff fraud claims for $1.7BJan 07, 2014 9:17 am - NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase & Co., already beset by other costly legal woes, has agreed to pay $1.7 billion to settle criminal charges that the bank ignored obvious warnin...
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Mowery & Schoenfeld merge with Wolowicki and AssociatesJan 07, 2014 8:54 am - Lincolnshire-based Mowery & Schoenfeld announced Tuesday it has merged with the certified public accounting firm Wolowicki and Associates and the combined CPA firm will ...
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Northwest Community Credit Union marks 75 yearsJan 07, 2014 8:32 am - Northwest Community Credit Union, based in Morton Grove, is celebrating its 75th year in business. First organized in 1939 by members of Immaculate Conception Church in ...
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U.S. Bancorp acquires Charter One operationsJan 07, 2014 8:28 am - U.S. Bancorp said it will acquire the Chicago branch banking operations of the Charter One Bank franchise owned by RBS Citizens Financial Group. The acquisition, which w...
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A fabulous year for many mutual fundsJan 05, 2014 5:55 am - NEW YORK — It was easy to make money with mutual funds last year, as long as you picked ones focused on stocks. Stock markets around the world surged in 2013, from New ...