Articles filed under Economy
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Adjustable-rate mortgages: Are they worth it?May 05, 2019 6:00 am - Adjustable-rate mortgages, known as ARMs, are back, despite having earned a bad reputation at the height of the housing crisis. Post-crisis borrowers saw them as risky b...
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Wheeling-Prospect Heights chamber host job fair May 16May 01, 2019 1:00 am - The Wheeling - Prospect Heights Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Wheeling High School are hosting a job fair for high-paying positions that don't require a colleg...
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Why America's elderly are twice as likely to work now than in 1985Apr 28, 2019 6:15 am - Just as single-income families began to vanish in the last century, many of America's elderly are now forgoing retirement for the same reason: They don't have enough mon...
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Novel program gives homeless people jobs in apartment buildings - and housing, tooApr 28, 2019 6:12 am - WASHINGTON - In a past career, Daniel Stover worked in construction. He was assigned to the night shift but had to resign when he couldn't find anyone to watch his 6-yea...
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How billionaires are battling capitalism's criticsApr 28, 2019 6:10 am - =PALO ALTO, Calif. - A perfect California day. The sun was shining, a gentle breeze was blowing and, at a Silicon Valley coffee shop, Rep. Ro Khanna was sitting across f...
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Analysis: Is forcing students to study personal finance a waste of time?Apr 28, 2019 6:10 am - It's post-tax/pre-graduation season, when articles about making better financial decisions crop up faster than spring flowers. Each year around this time, you can expect...
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Millennials, are you robbing the Bank of Mom and Dad?Apr 28, 2019 6:00 am - When Melanie Lockert graduated with a master's in performance studies in 2011, she was overwhelmed with student loans. Her many attempts to tap the Bank of Mom and Dad h...
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Unsold luxury homes are piling up in the Hamptons. Is new tax law to blame?Apr 28, 2019 6:00 am - Lavish vacation homes are losing their luster in New York's Hamptons, the beachfront retreat favored by financiers and celebrities. There were 869 luxury properties avai...
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The data is in: More Americans received tax refunds in 2019, but checks were leanerApr 27, 2019 6:10 am - The first tax filing season under President Donald Trump's new tax law is over and the results show that slightly more Americans received tax refunds, but the checks wer...
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Business experts tout collaboration at economic forumApr 25, 2019 1:00 am - Despite perceived negativity, the suburbs and Illinois have a strong foundation for business and leaders need to band together to spread that message to attract new busi...