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Gail MarksJarvis is a business columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
Gail MarksJarvis is a business columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
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Rising U.S. consumer optimism runs up against analysts' anxiety about Europe
American consumers are feeling more carefree than they've been since just before the Great Recession. That attitude arrives just as analysts worldwide are fretting about the prospect of a new global recession.
European leaders are talking about...Tags: Market and Exchange, Gasoline Industry, Memorial Day, Europe, Consumers
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Fear and speculation amid Europe's woes and Facebook IPO
Is that all there is?
After weeks of anticipation and talk of Facebook instantly running up to $50 a share amid frenzied buying, the stock instead made a little effort to climb after becoming a publicly traded company Friday, and then hovered close to...Tags: Media Industry, Facebook, Social Media, Stock Market, Financing and Stock Offerings
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Cost of MBA teaches tough financial lesson
Joe Mihalic wasn't thinking at all about how he was going to pay off student loans — which would end up totaling $101,000 — when he was accepted to Harvard Business School.
"I assumed all would take care of itself; that I would go to Harvard,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Chicago Tribune, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Students
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Corporate earnings keep investors happy
Encouraged by earnings reports, investors have shrugged off European debt worries and lackluster U.S. growth and are positioned to possibly make April the fifth-straight month of gains in the Standard & Poor's 500 index.
At the market's close Friday, the...Tags: Earnings, Consumer Confidence, Europe, Land Price, Economic Indicator
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Europe remains a hurdle in economic recovery
The U.S. jobs picture is improving, Americans are feeling more optimistic about the future, and Greece took a long-awaited step last week to escape from debt doom.
But from Europe, there still is only guarded optimism.
"Just as we were starting a...Tags: Finance, Consumer Confidence, Europe, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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Joblessness, underemployment could undermine U.S. economy for years to come
If all you did was watch the stock market go up and the unemployment rate go down, you might think it's just a matter of time before the economy finishes the healing process and good times return. But you'd be wrong. Although there's a little more...
Tags: Social Security, Labor Markets, Retirement, Government Health Care, Medicare
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Stocks register best 1st-quarter gain in 14 years
If you were brave enough to invest money in the stock market early this year, you have been sweetly rewarded.
The market on Friday completed the best first quarter of a year in 14 years, with the Dow Jones industrial average climbing 8 percent and the...Tags: Finance, Financial Markets, Labor Markets, George Bush, Europe
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A step-by-step guide to setting up an IRA
Do you feel like an IRA dummy? If so, you have company. About a third of Americans have an IRA, and confusion, rather than money, is often what stands in the way of getting started. That's a shame because IRAs and Roth IRAs are among the easiest ways...Tags: Social Security, Charles Schwab, Personal Finance, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection
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Many workers eyeing retirement with dread
A ruthless job market, suffocating household debt and a shocking decline in the stock market have left millions of Americans feeling fragile and with little confidence they will ever have the money to retire.
Retirement confidence is at a historic low:...Tags: Labor Markets, Retirement, Pension and Welfare, Stock Market, Interior Policy
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Jobs, Fed and Europe throw a scare into the market
Back in the dumps again.
After a 12 percent rally in the stock market this year and the thrill of watching unemployment subside while Europe seemingly skirted a financial crisis, old worries re-emerged last week. And they left investors wondering again...Tags: Federal Reserve, Consumer Confidence, Unemployment, Europe, Economic Indicator
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April 11: TribU: Lessons for Life: Embracing Forgiveness
TribU emcee Jenniffer Weigel, life coach Sheree Franklin and author/radio host John St. Augustine will conduct a seminar on the benefits of letting go of anger and finding compassion for those who have harmed us in the past. Walk away with a lighter...Tags: Tribune Tower
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