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Flawed deposit insurance programs need reform, banking expert says (EurekAlert!)( University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ) Government insurance programs that safeguard bank deposits should be reformed to ease taxpayers' undue stake in propping up the nation's banking system, according to research by a University of Illinois finance professor.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:42:52 GMT.
Illinois government grinds to standstill | Durbin: No plans to seat Burris (Chicago Tribune)
The focus of Illinois' political circus shifts to the legislature today, with members of a special House panel considering Blagojevich's fate.
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:08:47 GMT.
Flawed deposit insurance programs need reform, banking expert says (PhysOrg)
Government insurance programs that safeguard bank deposits should be reformed to ease taxpayers' undue stake in propping up the nation's banking system, according to research by a University of Illinois finance professor.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:11:41 GMT.
N.C. residents contribute to inauguration (Greensboro News & Record)
North Carolina ranks No. 21 in donations from residents to President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration committee. California, New York, Illinois, Florida and Washington, D.C., top the list with $14 million of the $24 million given by individual donors. Individuals in North Carolina have given $117,650, according to finance disclosures posted on the Web site for the inauguration committee ( ...
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:08:29 GMT.
The Baucus Split-Up? You Could See It in the Cards (Washington Post)
Looks like Sen. Max Baucus and his wife, Wanda, have quietly split. Speculation that their marriage is over was all but confirmed last month when Montana's senior senator and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee sent out a Christmas card . . . with no mention of his spouse of 25 years.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:01:55 GMT.
Volunteers of America of Illinois' Veterans Housing Project Addresses Lack of Affordable Housing and Employment Needs ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
In Chicago, approximately 1,200 Veterans are homeless each night with more than 18,000 experiencing homelessness annually. Veterans account for more than 50 percent of those considered "chronically" homeless in Chicago.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:45:00 GMT.
World Sunflashes Column (Calgary Sun)
Wanted by the FBI: Agents, language specialists, computer experts, intelligence analysts and finance experts.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:11:14 GMT.
BBB Reports on Top 10 Scams of 2008 (ABC 7 Chicago)
Consumers throughout Chicago area and northern Illinois were targets of scams in 2008 that grew in complexity and sophistication.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:10:00 GMT.
The 'McMansion' trend in housing is slowing (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Complete with an Oval Office and Lincoln Bedroom, the Atlanta White House became a symbol of developers reshaping the urban landscape by tearing down modest ranches and bungalows and plopping McMansions in their place.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:00 GMT.
Financial meltdown slowing wind-power boom (AG Weekly)
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Grain farmer Mike Doyle has grown to love the big, spindly wind turbines that rise from his central Illinois prairie. Their blades, many more than 100 feet, cut the wind with a low, rhythmic whooshing noise. Not too long ago, he admired a rainbow arching over them.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:10:35 GMT.