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Cars.com News Brief: March 19, 2012
KickingTiresHere's what we have our eye on today: Auto manufacturing output in the Midwest increased 17.5% year over year in January, according to the Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index. Total national automotive output increased 12.1% for the month as compared....Tags: Prius, Fiat, Hybrid Vehicles, Smart Car, Vehicles
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Obama friend to be White House aide
The Swampby Christi Parsons Valerie Jarrett, a prominent Chicago business and political figure and influential member of Barack Obama's inner circle, is poised to play a crucial role in the White House as a public liaison and senior aide to the......Tags: National Government, Government, Housing and Urban Planning, Richard M. Daley, Chicago Housing Authority
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Obama's millionaires: White House team
The Swampby John McCormick When President Barack Obama moved into the White House earlier this year, he took several of his fellow Chicago millionaires with him. Newly released disclosure reports show virtually all of the top Chicagoans serving in the West......Tags: White House, Transportation, Barack Obama, David Axelrod, National Government
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More on the Made-in-America Debate
KickingTiresCars.com???s American-Made Index details to what degree different models from different automakers are actually made in the U.S. The winner in the 2009 AMI is the Toyota Camry, which is built in Kentucky and Indiana. However, the other side of......Tags: Indiana, Kentucky, Automotive Equipment
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What junk sales and Chicago Fed tell us about the economy
My husband and I are buying a house today. So I sought out two experts — one owns a scrap yard in Cicero — to advise me about the timing of our purchase. Has the economy hit bottom? First, I drove to United Scrap Metal to interview...
Tags: Automotive Equipment, Industrial Production, Federal Reserve, Metal and Mineral, Manufacturing and Engineering
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MarksJarvis: Financial literacy programs well worth the time
It's Money Smart Week, a collection of free financial literacy programs offered throughout the week, aimed at helping people deal with virtually every money issue imaginable: from how to get out of debt, to buying homes, paying for college, building a...Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, Allianz AG Holding, Housing and Urban Planning, Fannie Mae
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Mortgage servicers dropped the ball, study says
A new study on the Home Affordable Modification Program estimates that 800,000 foreclosures could have been prevented if large mortgage servicers had been better equipped to deal with the crush of troubled homeowners who needed help. The report comes...
Tags: The Ohio State University, University of Chicago, Chicago Mortgages, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Mortgages
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MarksJarvis: Stocks anticipate Fed help
We're back to the familiar pattern. Your investments probably drifted lower last week — not based on the underlying economy or business, but rather on second-guessing what the Federal Reserve and central bankers in Europe might have up their...
Tags: Deere and Company, Ben Bernanke, Europe, Finance, European Central Bank
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Lehigh men's basketball news, notes
The Varsity BlogLehigh men’s basketball seniors Gabe Knutson and C.J. McCollum are candidates for the Senior CLASS Award. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School ®, the award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages... -
Fed, more upbeat about economy, leaves monetary policy unchanged
Money & CompanyThe Federal Reserve, providing a somewhat more upbeat assessment of the economy, on Tuesday kept the benchmark short-term interest rate near zero but did not take any new steps to boost financial markets or the economy.... -
Fed Economist is Keynote at Multi-Chamber Luncheon
TribLocal - ElmhurstFED ECONOMIST IS KEYNOTE AT MULTI-CHAMBER LUNCHEON ELMHURST, Ill, February 10, 2012 – Noted economic expert William A. Strauss of the Federal Reserve Bank of …... -
Recovery is Slow, but Steady: Fed Economist Tells Chambers
TribLocal - ElmhurstELMHURST, Ill, March 5, 2012 – America’s recovery from its worst financial crisis since the Great Depression some 80 years earlier has been slow, but …...
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