Business Stories from March 13, 2011 (Change date)
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Boeing looks to boost 737 productionMar 15, 2011 10:59 am - Boeing Co. is “taking a hard look” at boosting monthly output of its best-selling 737-model jet to 42 planes a month, an increase of 11 percent from its current plan, to...
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Kraft CFO to leave in mid-2011Mar 14, 2011 5:58 pm - Kraft Foods Inc. says that its Chief Financial Officer Timothy McLevish is leaving the company in mid-2011 to "pursue opportunities in general management." McLevish, 55,...
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Quake may boost insurance salesMar 15, 2011 10:59 am - Aon Corp. and Marsh & McLennan Cos., the world's biggest reinsurance brokers, may sell more coverage at higher rates as earthquakes and tighter regulation of primary ins...
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Caterpillar stands to benefit as Japan rebuildsMar 15, 2011 10:59 am - Caterpillar Inc., the largest construction-equipment maker, may be among the U.S. companies to benefit as Japan rebuilds after the world's strongest earthquake since 200...
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Exelon shares fall on Japan nuclear problemsMar 15, 2011 7:05 am - Exelon Corp., owner of the largest group of U.S. nuclear power plants, declined as engineers in Japan struggled to stabilize a reactor similar in design to four of its u...
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Tribune: Let us exit bankruptcy soonMar 15, 2011 10:59 am - WILMINGTON, Del. — A top executive with Tribune Co. wants a judge to approve the company's plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection as soon as possible. Eddy Hartenste...
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LL Bean reverses 2 years of sales declinesMar 15, 2011 10:59 am - PORTLAND, Maine — After two consecutive years of declines, outdoors and clothing retailer L.L. Bean finished 2010 with a 5.7 percent increase in sales, indicating skitt...
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Fears of a slowdown in Japan push stocks lowerMar 15, 2011 7:05 am - NEW YORK — Concerns over the economic impact of the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the world's third-largest economy, led to a broad sell-off in the stock mar...
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Berkshire Hathaway to buy Lubrizol for $9 bil. in cashMar 15, 2011 10:59 am - OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett's company said Monday it will spend about $9 billion cash to add specialty chemical maker Lubrizol Corp. to the eclectic mix of businesses ...
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Oil settles higher; Japan may boost fuel importsMar 14, 2011 5:54 pm - NEW YORK — The earthquake and tsunami in Japan took some steam out of the rally in oil prices by reducing the country's oil imports. That won't last long. Japan consume...
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