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OPEC+ stuns oil market with policy shift to drive down price
Apr 04, 2025 1:19 pm - For most of this decade, the OPEC+ alliance has been the world’s most stalwart defender of high oil prices. In just a few moments last week, that role reversed dramatically.
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Service, workforce cuts possible after voters spurn Kane’s $51 million sales tax request
Apr 04, 2025 8:56 am - Kane County Board members are reacting to voters overwhelmingly rejecting a proposed county sales tax increase, with some saying that spending cuts may be necessary.
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Mount Prospect approves Lake Center Plaza expansionApr 04, 2025 8:52 am - Elk Grove Village-based Broadway Electric Inc., a full-service electrical contractor, is moving to Lake Center Plaza, at the northwest corner of Algonquin Road and Wall Street, in Mount Prospect.
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Markets plunge with S&P 500 down 6% and Dow down 2,200 as their worst crisis since COVID deepens
Apr 04, 2025 8:49 am - Wall Street’s worst crisis since COVID slammed into a higher, scarier gear Friday.
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US added a surprising 228,000 jobs in March as economy shows resilience in Trump trade wars
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China punches back as world weighs how to deal with higher US tariffs
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Economists say the way Trump calculated tariffs makes no sense
Apr 03, 2025 7:55 pm - Economists say the crude formula the White House used to calculate what it’s calling “reciprocal tariffs” is too simplistic to achieve its goal of wiping out U.S. trade d...
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Pritzker hopes trade mission to Mexico sparks new investment despite tariffs
Apr 03, 2025 3:31 pm - Gov. JB Pritzker wrapped up a four-day trip to Mexico City on Wednesday, hopeful a trade mission to Mexico will yield new economic development in Illinois, even as tariffs threaten the stability of the United States’ global trade.
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Trump tariff price hikes could start with food, clothing, cars and coffee
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Kids can collect eggs, take photos at Long Grove Bunny HopApr 03, 2025 1:27 pm - The Long Grove Bunny Hop will return April 19 to the village’s historic downtown. Families can take photos with the Easter Bunny, collect eggs at different booths and stops throughout the village and explore fire trucks.