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Once sidelined, women and minorities are returning to the workforce
Jan 13, 2019 6:05 AM - Minorities and women, especially those in their 20s and early 30s, are returning to the workforce. They've been drawn back by rising wages and recruited by employers who may have bypassed them when the supply of unemployed Americans seemed inexhaustible.
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3 money tasks you need to do right now
Jan 13, 2019 6:00 AM - There's a brief window early in the new year to save yourself some significant cash. -
Hot labor market bringing full-time perks to part-time employees
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Eviction filings, code complaints: What happened when a private equity firm became one city's biggest homeowner
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Federal minimum wage fell by 14 cents this year, when adjusted for inflation
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It's time to fix Social Security's tax burden
Dec 30, 2018 6:00 AM - People on Social Security need a tax break. The rest of us need to make sure they get it -- for everyone's sake. -
Retirees thought GE would take care of them forever. It didn't.
Dec 23, 2018 1:09 AM - "We had a contract," says 72-year-old Garland Steele. "It used to be if you had a contract, people stuck to it, and these people didn't." -
Want to cut your tax bill? Keep reading and call your CPA
Dec 24, 2018 8:39 AM - President Donald Trump pledged that his tax law would kill off breaks and complex loopholes for the wealthy. Instead, the overhaul has ushered in a new generation of maneuvers that taxpayers can exploit before Dec. 31 to minimize next year's bills. -
Blue collar worker shortage turns U.S. labor market on its head
Dec 23, 2018 6:00 AM - The shortfall is being driven by a shrinking supply of manual and low-pay service workers as the labor force becomes more educated and less willing to take on such jobs, according to a new Conference Board study. -
These two Cook County neighborhoods are attracting more Americans making $200K+
Dec 21, 2018 1:00 AM - Cook County is home to the No. 1 and No. 7 fastest-growing concentrations of $200,000-plus households.
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