It hurts more to be unemployed now than the last time the jobless rate hit 10 percent. Americans have more than triple the debt they had in 1982, and less than half the savings. They spend 10 weeks longer off the job.
Wedding trends spotlighted at JCC show It's no longer party time, employers say
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Home buyers tax credit renewed
No tattoos, day care business instead
Scary era comes to a melancholy end
Forecast for holiday jobs not all gloom and doom
Hilltopper star comes home
Business calendar: Business Builders
Chrysler aims to revamp Dodge cars
Joliet may be place for Lithuanians to buy cars
Strictly Business series event set
Fox lumbering out of Frankfort
Auto sales show industry beginning to stabilize
Joliet unemployment climbs to 12.2 percent
Business briefs: Maggie's Place party
Cadillac is 'here to stay'
Strong economic reports lift recovery hopes
Feds force Lawry's to hire male servers
Time may be right for white-collar unions
New theater sets gold standard for silver screen
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Company holiday parties become casualty of downturn
CME's got a blizzard-buster
Ricketts outline game plan for owning Cubs
Is recession finally over? Possibly
Can you save $500 in time for the holidays?
Plainfield retirement home construction is under way
Football, history to share limelight
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Motorola unveils Droid smart phone
New Lenox doing Silver Cross a favor?
Bill Jacobs fights -- and wins
Frankfort shop a dream come true for owner
Motorola unveils Droid smartphone
Big brewers battle it out in calorie-cutting
Famed drive-in chain Sonic opens in Crest Hill
Pump prices could deflate holiday
Some Cat workers returning to work
Credit card issuers raise the specter of annual fees
Help me save Ooga Booga
Economy forcing retirees back to work
Many chain restaurants struggling to compete
Business Briefs: A Red Carpet Affair
Tight holiday supplies will cramp gift-giving
Windows 7 is a triumph in the operating system's line
FCC votes to begin crafting 'net neutrality' rules
Family takes farm in new direction
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Barnes & Noble opens new e-book chapter
Family takes farm in a new direction
State's jobless rate now at 10.5 percent
With holiday supplies tight, 'right' gift hard to find
Business owner seeks grant from Frankfort
Joliet's Provena rated in nation's top 5 percent
Crude nears $80 and gasoline rises for third week
Working together yields online deals
Annual credit card fees test limits
Ace owner: Romeoville store can prosper
Falling dollar a bogus crisis
Several doctors join Silver Cross Hospital staff
Wal-Mart goes big on plus-sizes
Local inventor: Don't flush your money away
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Wal-Mart and Amazon.com trade price cuts on books
Recession not over for consumers
Woman finds a lifelong calling with Avon
Wining and dining, South American-style
Foreclosure rates in Will up from 2nd quarter
Business calendar: Joliet chamber
Health cry is tax them, not us
Sanfilippo nut recall announced
Ford adds 4.5M vehicles to recall list
Dow tops 10,000 for first time this year
Ill. prepaid tuition program open again
Retail sales fall 1.5 percent in September
Ace Buikema confident about growth, strength
US Supreme Court will hear appeal of Enron's chief
Poll: College is teens' savings goal
Groups want to join lawsuit against utility
3 tips to start building a college savings account
Data and contacts vanish from Sidekick phones
Survey: Most economists see recovery beginning
Not welcome in Plainfield?
The ABCs of health insurance
Pulse: Casino revenues continue to fall
Despite late harvesting, 'a good crop' is expected
A work force to be reckoned with
Company looking to move to Will gets tax break
Area woman honored for excellence
Prepaid card users face big fees
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