Finance
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Free tax help is available if you lookApr 07, 2013 6:30 am - Free tax help is available, and it's not only for those in financial need. Some organizations offer free services regardless of how much you earn. AARP, the nonprofit or...
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Where to beat the market: small-cap foreign fundsApr 06, 2013 11:00 pm - BOSTON — An annual score card of mutual fund performance is in, and it's generating more of the negative headlines that fund managers have become accustomed to in recent...
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Southern Illinois sees first of fracking rushApr 05, 2013 7:00 pm - ST. LOUIS — Blessed with natural resources but never enough jobs, southern Illinois counties have begun sampling the fruits of a land rush linked to a debated drilling p...
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Stocks end lower after disappointing jobs reportApr 05, 2013 5:09 pm - NEW YORK — Stocks fell on Wall Street Friday after the government reported that U.S. employers added the fewest jobs in nine months in March and more people gave up look...
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Illinois partners with Export-Import BankApr 05, 2013 10:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn announced the state of Illinois has entered a new marketing partnership with the Export-Import Bank of the United States that is expected to accelerate ex...
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State officials court gun makers unhappy with new lawsMar 29, 2013 5:51 pm - CONCORD, N.H. — Firearms manufacturers upset over newly restrictive gun laws and proposals in their home states are getting a message from other places: Move here, where...
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Risks at the dawn of the age of dronesMar 29, 2013 4:26 pm - WASHINGTON — The dawn of the age of aerial civilian drones is rich with possibilities for people far from the war zones where they made their devastating mark as a weapo...
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UPS pays $40 million to end online pharmacies probeMar 29, 2013 4:25 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping company UPS agreed Friday to pay $40 million to end a federal criminal probe connected to deliveries it made for illicit online pharmacies. The ...
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Fifth Third joins Kane County Cougars for food driveMar 29, 2013 9:30 am - CHICAGO — Fifth Third Bank (Chicago) will celebrate its namesake birthday — May 3 — by joining forces with the Kane County Cougars to conduct an area wide food drive. Th...
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U.S. consumer spending, income jump in FebruaryMar 29, 2013 8:51 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers stepped up spending in February after their income jumped, aided by a stronger job market that offset some of the drag from higher taxes. The...