Business Stories from June 27, 2011 (Change date)
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Delay Medicare eligibility: Coburn and LiebermanJun 29, 2011 10:45 pm - WASHINGTON — Two Senate rebels jumped into Congress' cut-the-deficit competition on Tuesday, proposing to raise the age of Medicare eligibility to 67 and increase monthl...
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Former Labor secretary joins Wells Fargo boardJun 29, 2011 10:45 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Former U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao will join the Wells Fargo & Co. board this week, the bank said Tuesday. Chao will serve on the finance and cor...
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Obama, Biden plan debt session with Senate DemsJun 29, 2011 11:53 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden plan to meet with Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday, the latest step in debt negotiations with Congres...
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Quinn signs workers' compensation reformJun 29, 2011 5:19 pm - MELROSE PARK — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said companies should see their workers' compensation premiums drop because of a new law he signed Tuesday overhauling the system ...
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Consumers' confidence down in June on job worriesJun 29, 2011 10:45 pm - NEW YORK — If you're a U.S. consumer, why would you be confident? Following a string of bad news that threatens the painfully slow economic recovery, consumer confidence...
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Obama 2012 campaign to go beyond email, textJun 29, 2011 11:50 am - CHICAGO — Call him the Digital Candidate: President Barack Obama is asking supporters to use Facebook to declare "I'm In!" for his re-election campaign and is using Twit...
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FMC Technologies rises on Shell contractJun 28, 2011 9:49 pm - NEW YORK — Shares of FMC Technologies Inc. rose Tuesday after the oil and gas drilling equipment maker said it will make some systems for a floating natural gas processi...
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General Mills declares quarterly dividendJun 29, 2011 10:45 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Packaged food maker General Mills Inc. raised its dividend on Tuesday, calling it a reflection of its robust financial condition and future growth prospect...
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MasterCard site suffers outage; no attackJun 29, 2011 10:45 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — MasterCard's website was knocked offline Tuesday in an outage the credit card brand described as unrelated to recent hacking attacks. While some hackers ...
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Saab in $40 million property deal to help pay debtJun 28, 2011 9:49 pm - STOCKHOLM — Crisis-hit car maker Saab has struck a $40 million deal to sell and lease back property in an effort to improve its ailing finances that have forced it to ha...