Payday loan users can also get hit by bank fees, watchdog finds
High interest rates might not be the only problem for borrowers who take out payday loans online, a consumer watchdog says. Borrowers who don't keep enough cash in their checking...
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Blockbuster book deal: Follett buys Baker & Taylor
For family-owned book seller Follett, the math was simple, and the figures added up: Buying Baker & Taylor would boost its sales by almost 40 percent and strengthen its presence...
Durbin rips Abbott over layoffs, separation agreement
Abbott Laboratories has confirmed that it's laying off about 150 workers and replacing them with contractors from a foreign company that specializes in outsourcing U.S. jobs, Sen. Dick Durbin says....
Frontier adds nonstop flights from Chicago to seven U.S. cities
Low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines has added new nonstop service from Chicago to seven U.S. cities. The Denver-based airline on Thursday began flying directly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Charlotte,...
Southwest among best for on-time arrivals; Spirit, JetBlue among worst
Airlines were able to stick to their schedules 83.6 percent of the time in February, with Southwest Airlines posting one of the best on-time arrival rates at 87.8 percent. Southwest...
Old main post office owner, buyer get conditions from the city
The sale and redevelopment of the vacant and decaying post office that looms over the western entrance to downtown Chicago has been given a timetable by the city. The tentative...
The prepaid cards you should, and shouldn’t, have in your wallet
With nearly 10 million U.S. households "unbanked" — meaning they have no checking or savings accounts — prepaid cards have become a relatively safe alternative to help consumers manage their...
Duluth Trading to enter Illinois market with Hoffman Estates, Downers Grove stores
Duluth Trading, a workwear brand whose snarkily marketed products include a longer-than-average T-shirt to prevent the infamous "plumber's butt," plans to open stores later this year in Hoffman Estates and...
Chicago apartment market holding up better than nation’s, study says
Chicago's apartment market is holding up better than the nation's overall, with a first-quarter vacancy rate unchanged at 3.8 percent from the preceding period, while the nation's rose a tick,...
70 percent of shopping carts in Chicago have traces of E. coli, but not all stores offer sanitizing wipes
Walgreens has a straightforward explanation for why its stores don't station wet sanitizing wipes near its shopping carts to win the hearts of hygiene-minded shoppers. The drugstore chain tried putting...