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Student loan lenders may see opportunities with Trump in ...

Discover Financial Services is best-known for its credit cards but the Chicago-area company sees opportunity if the federal government, as widely expected, curtails its student loan lending under a Trump administration.

Only about 6 percent of student loans are private. If the federal government were to phase out its student loan programs, private lenders might be the only ones able to fill a gap...

Freddie Mac planning appraisal-free mortgages - Chicago ...

Freddie Mac planning appraisal-free mortgages

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Mortgage investor Freddie Mac plans to do away with traditional home appraisals -- and appraisers -- in some loan applications and instead rely on computers, big data and analytics.

Mortgage investor Freddie Mac plans to do away with traditional home appraisals -- and appraisers -- in some loan applications and instead rely...

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In the rush to close institutions, Illinois glossed over serious problems in group homes

TRIBUNE WATCHDOG A TROUBLED TRANSITION In the rush to close institutions, Illinois ignored serious problems in group homes Mark Winkeler needs 24-hour care and has lived his entire adult life at Murray Developmental Center. His mother, Rita, and others sued when the Quinn administration sought...

Plan for 20,000-hog facility sparks revolt in western Illinois

Gravel crunching beneath their wheels, cars and pickup trucks pulled up at twilight around the one-room schoolhouse in Bernadotte Township. A powerful pork company was planning a...