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2017年12月18日 星期一

Bitcoin futures launch on CME | Target's smallest Chicago store yet | Illinois Obamacare enrollment

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December 18, 2017

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Bitcoin futures debut on CME, taking bigger Wall Street stage

Monday, Dec 18

While futures are a way for investors to take advantage of volatility by betting on its future gains or losses, a Northern Illinois University suggests the bitcoin market may have already climbed too high for new entrants to see any significant profits.

Food stamp benefits disrupted for thousands as state launches new eligibility system

More than 30,000 Illinois households aren't receiving their federal food stamp benefits because of delays caused by a new computer system used by the state.

Many Illinois consumers still have time to buy Obamacare plans under little-discussed exception

Many Illinois consumers may have more time to buy health insurance on the Obamacare exchange than they thought.

Target moving in at Wicker Park apartment development

Target is opening what appears to be its smallest Chicago-area store yet in Wicker Park in July 2018.

Toys 'R' Us may close at least 100 stores, sources say

Toys 'R' Us, which filed for bankruptcy in September, is considering closing at least 100 U.S. stores in the face of weak holiday sales, according to people with knowledge of the situation.

This old drug was free. Now it's $109,500 a year.

The zigzagging trajectory of the price of Daranide, now known as Keveyis, shows just how much freedom drug companies have in pricing therapies — and what a big business opportunity selling extremely-rare-disease drugs has become.

How individual taxpayers can exploit the new tax bill right now

At the end of every year, millions of Americans can make strategic moves to shave a few bucks off their April tax bill. Right now, millions more should be able to get into the act, with Congressional Republicans poised to pass a 503-page law that fundamentally restructures the U.S. tax code.

Marlene Iglitzen, widow of Gene Siskel, sells condo in former Playboy Mansion for $2.8M

Spectrum Real Estate Chairman and President Jerry Lasky paid $2.787 million on Nov. 30 to buy a four-bedroom, 4,300-square-foot condo unit in the former Playboy Mansion on the Gold Coast from Marlene Iglitzen, the widow of Tribune film critic Gene Siskel.

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