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Consumer financial complaints shattered records in 2020
Consumer complaints about problems with financial companies such as banks, credit bureaus and debt collectors rose by more than 50 percent in 2020 and set new records for each month of the year, according to a new report from the ...
Wells Fargo Makes Major Investment in Six Black-Owned Banks
Thetimesweekly.com Wells Fargo is observing Black History Month in a meaningful way. The banking giant has selected six African American minority depository institutions (MDIs) for equity investments. Broadway Federal Bank in Los Angeles, Carver Federal Savings Bank in New York, ...
Wayfair to open fulfillment center in Romeoville
BOSTON, Mass. – Wayfair Inc. (NYSE:W), one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home, on Friday announced plans to open a new 1.2 million square foot fulfillment center in Romeoville. The new facility, to be located on 60 ...
Joliet Chamber initiates Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council
The Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry is launching a new council has been created with the following vision: The Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry is dedicated to actively and intentionally cultivating business workplaces to value diversity, ...
Black investors take note: Reddit rebellion rescues GameStop Stock
thetimesweekly.com The story of 10-year-old Jaydyn Carr and his mother, Nina Carr, is just one example of the impact of Wall Street’s ongoing GameStop rally. Their financial windfall came about as a result of a trading frenzy that was never ...
President Biden's Racial Equity Initiative:
thetimesweekly.com On January 26, President Joe Biden took steps to bring the nation towards the long-promised, but never realized, pledge of racial justice. Four executive orders signed that day make clear that the new Administration will take meaningful and corrective ...
ComEd supports community through annual competitive grants programs
With revenues down for both municipal agencies and communities organizations in northern Illinois, due to the pandemic and other economic challenges, ComEd is stepping up to support efforts to protect the environment, enhance public safety and increase equity in access ...
Biden launches head-on attack against COVID-19
The underlining challenge of the pandemic is health care. A challenge which only heightens when one considers that Trump spent the last four years weakening and attempting to completely dismantle the Affordable Care Act, which protects health care for tens ...
First Midwest provides nearly $500,000 in grants to support local communities
First Midwest Bank has awarded $250,000 in grants to more than 80 local non-profit organizations through its charitable foundation. These donations are part of First Midwest's broader $2.5 million philanthropic commitment to its communities announced last year. Since March 2020, ...
Will County turning trash into cash
The Will County Board approved the next steps to convert methane gas produced at the Prairie View Landfill into compressed natural gas. The board voted to select SCS Energy to design and build a plant to convert the methane to ...
New Mercedes-Benz dealership coming to Romeoville
thetimesweekly.com Mercedes-Benz presented a concept plan for a new dealership to Village officials at the January 20th Village Board meeting. The concept plan will be for a 40,000-square foot dealership located on 23 acres on the east side of Weber ...
First Busey Corporation and Cummins-American Corp. to merge
thetimesweekly.com First Busey Corporation (Busey) (NASDAQ:BUSE), the holding company for Busey Bank, and Cummins-American Corp. (CAC), the holding company for Glenview State Bank (GSB), on Tuesday jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant to which Busey will acquire ...
Stop NorthPoint subpoenas former Joliet City Manager
thetimesweekly.com Joliet - Stop NorthPoint LLC served former Joliet City Manager Martin Shanahan with a subpoena Friday as part of the group's lawsuit against the City of Joliet and NorthPoint Development. The grassroots group, which is comprised of Joliet veterans ...
Former NBA Star Junior Bridgeman purchases EBONY Magazine
The legendary EBONY magazine is being revived. Former NBA star Junior Bridgeman reportedly has anted-up $14 million for the famed Black media publication. The magazine, which was founded by John H. Johnson in 1945, was forced into bankruptcy earlier this ...
Nicor Gas extends payment arrangements for struggling small businesses
As small business owners in northern Illinois struggle with deepening challenges and risks to their operations related to COVID-19, Nicor Gas announces it is offering extended bill payment arrangements and other resources to help them stay afloat and roll into ...
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