What should Santa be paid? Six figures, study says
If Santa were paid for his work, he'd be pulling in almost $140,000 a year. That's the conclusion of Insure.com, a consumer insurance information website that said it analyzed Bureau...
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How will Google, Apple shake up car insurance industry?
Car insurance industry, meet potential disrupters Google and Apple. Currently, nearly all mainstream insurers that offer driver-monitoring programs use relatively expensive devices that plug into a portal under the dashboard....
Analyst: Starbucks will be worth more than McDonald’s by 2025
Starbucks will be worth more than McDonald's by 2025 as the coffee chain finds new ways to grow and the burger giant's sales stall, an analyst said Friday. Mark Kalinowski,...
Chicago futures trader accused of stealing trade secrets
A former futures trader has been indicted on charges he stole trade secrets from a local firm by copying computer files onto a personal thumb drive. David Jacob Newman, was...
Allstate flies idea of drones to speed claims
Allstate Corp. has become the latest home and auto insurer expressing interest in using drones to assess damages after catastrophes. The Northbrook-based company said it will join a consortium led...
More customers stay out of banks to put money in
When it comes to making deposits, consumers have left bank tellers in droves, according to a recent report by Novantas Research. The percentage of consumers preferring to make deposits with...
MB Financial to close 4 Chicago-area branches
MB Financial has identified at least four Chicago-area branches it plans to close in the wake of its recent acquisition of Cole Taylor Bank. Chicago-based MB Financial, when it announced...
Ken Griffin wins divorce battle over visit to psychologist
Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin scored a legal victory in his divorce case when a Cook County judge ruled Wednesday that his wife may no longer insist she signed...
U.S. accuses Toyota credit unit of discriminatory loan pricing
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. said federal authorities have raised concerns about the pricing of its auto loans, saying that the loans could be discriminatory, and warning that Toyota's lending arm...
Gasoline falls below $3 a gallon in Chicago area
Gasoline prices Friday fell to an average of less than $3 a gallon in the Chicago area, and are expected to continue to plummet. That's good news for the economy...