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The week ahead
Chicago TribuneMonday: -- Earnings: Eaton Corp.; Mattel Inc.; Novellus Systems Inc.; Sensient Technologies Corp. Tuesday: -- June producer price index -- June industrial production -- Earnings: AMB Property Corp.; Coca-Cola Co.; CSX Corp.; Forest Laboratories Inc.;...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Bank of New York Company, SanDisk Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Ben Bernanke
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Dreams can come true, with knowledge
Tribune Media Services columnistI can dream, can't I? For 2008, I've begun a wish list: -- Millions of U.S. workers who under new Labor Department rules are automatically enrolled in their companies' 401(k) plans and invested in "default" diversified portfolios of stocks and bonds will...Tags: Career and Workplace, Consumers, Credit and Debt, Employees, Holidays
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Changes among brokerages put less emphasis on fees
Record stock-market highs have enticed many everyday investors to do some trading. But those who have been out of the game for a while may encounter a new brokerage landscape. It no longer simply involves finding the lowest-priced trades, even among...Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Banking, Investments, Robert Ellis, Charles Schwab
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Bidding for Chicago Cubs may be near a conclusion
Tribune Co., owner of the Chicago Cubs, is close to selecting a winning bid for the team from three finalists, according to people familiar with the sales talks. The Chicago-based media conglomerate has been evaluating bids since the beginning of...Tags: Chicago Cubs, Bankruptcy, Major League Baseball, Sports, Auction Service
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Cubs sale magic number: 1
The Chicago Cubs and their storied legacy of losing are set to change hands, with the billionaire Ricketts family emerging as the favored bidder to buy the team from Tribune Co. for a landmark price of $900 million. The family, which has Chicago...Tags: Baseball, Financially Distressed Companies, Wrigley Field, All Stars, Chicago Real Estate
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Hit the roth roof? Try index funds
Tribune staff reporterQ: I am a graduate student, and don't have access to a 401(k) plan. Compared to people with 401(k)s, I am at a serious disadvantage as I try to save for retirement. The university pays me $24,000, and I contribute $4,000 a year to a Roth IRA. But I...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Microsoft Corporation, Coach Incorporated, Career and Workplace, Public Employees
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'W's' Big D: Pickens, Staubach, Starbucks
The Swampby Mark Silva The new "Dallas:" T. Boone Pickens, Roger Staubach and George W. Bush, all within walking distance of a Starbucks. The former president is taking out office space in a Preston Center area that places him in proximity......Tags: National Government, George W. Bush, Major League Baseball, Sports, Roger Staubach
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Cubs Deal May Include Hollywood Stars
(WGN-AM)- Bill Murray's lifelong love affair with the Chicago Cubs may turn into something more. The actor and Wilmette native has met with Tom Ricketts, who is negotiating to buy the Cubs from Chicago Tribune parent Tribune Co., about investing in his...Tags: Chicago Cubs, WGN, Jim Belushi, Wrigley Field, John Cusack
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Missing data is latest in rash of breaches
Sun StaffWhen CitiFinancial, the Baltimore-based consumer-finance division of Citigroup Inc., put a box of computer tapes that documented the financial habits of its customers on a UPS truck in Weehawken, N.J., last month, the shipment represented one routine step...Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Crime, Law and Justice, Social Security, Wages and Pensions, Consumers
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As Web Levels the Playing Field, a Step-by-Step Tour of One Site
Times Staff WriterTimes sure have changed. When Donna Takeda started working on Wall Street in the early 1970s, the pinnacle of technology was the Dow Jones news wire, which tapped out one-line notes about per-share profits and losses when companies released their...Tags: Arts and Culture, Merrill Lynch & Company Inc., Earnings, Stock Market, Personal Finance
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