This Week On Your Money
Chicagolands Television
Episode #196
April 10, 2005
Airs:
Saturday 4/9 @ 10 a.m.
Sunday 4/10 @ 10 a.m.
Monday 4/11 @ 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday 4/12 @ 11:30 a.m.
As we gear up for the summer travel season, Melanie Kopacz asks Chicago Tribune Your Money reporter Lorene Yue for some tips on how to be a savvy traveler. Among the topics they'll cover: how to recover lost luggage, prolonged airport delays and the compensation you should expect in return from service providers.
In this episode we conclude our weekly tax preparation segment. Ernst and Young's Mary Flynn warns us about some of the biggest mistakes people make when filing their tax returns.
Melanie Kopacz reports on some tax preparation resources for local military families.
WGN's Ilyce Glink tells about some free financial literacy classes offered through the Chicago City Colleges. Learn where, when and how to sign up.
Bill Moller has the story of a Lucent Technologies retiree who's lost his medical benefits through the company. Hear how much he's now paying out of pocket as the tech giant works to cut costs.
Would you say you enjoy going to work? According to Dennis Bakke, author of Joy At Work as many as 65 percent of people say they don't. The key to changing that sentiment: warming up the work environment. He tells Anupy Singla how managers can do that.
Do you only drive your car occasionally? Perhaps not enough to make it worth the $6,400 dollars AAA Motor Club estimates ownership costs each year? Beth Bennett introduces us to a non-profit car share program growing in Chicago 's Edgewater neighborhood. Learn how this "by the hour" car rental service works. Click here to contact I-Go.
