Business Stories from July 6, 2011 (Change date)
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Italy to cut hefty bureaucracy to balance budgetJul 15, 2011 3:57 pm - MILAN — Italy’s finance minister on Wednesday called cuts to the country’s notoriously hefty bureaucracy the most “revolutionary” element of the (euro) 48 billion ($68.7...
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Auto industry on hiring spreeJul 07, 2011 1:58 pm - DETROIT — Volkswagen opened a plant in Tennessee last month with 2,000 workers. Honda is hiring 1,000 in Indiana to meet demand for its best-selling Civic. General Motor...
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Ads pulled from scandal-rocked tabloidJul 07, 2011 1:58 pm - LONDON — Companies rushed to pull ads from British tabloid News of the World on Wednesday amid public outcry over alleged phone hacking, but media mogul Rupert Murdoch i...
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Restaurant puts virtual food onto diners’ platesJul 07, 2011 2:53 pm - LONDON — Want a virtual bite of what you’ll eat before ordering from the menu? An Asian-themed restaurant in London’s theater district is giving its customers just that,...
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US music sales rise for first time since 2004Jul 07, 2011 2:53 pm - LOS ANGELES — U.S. music album sales grew in the first six months of the year from a year ago, the first gain since 2004, thanks to rising sales of digital tracks and al...
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Stock market shrugs off weak reportJul 07, 2011 10:17 am - NEW YORK — Stock indexes managed slight gains Wednesday as investors shrugged off slower growth in the U.S. service sector. The Institute for Supply Management reported ...
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Exxon said failed Montana pipeline was deeply buriedJul 07, 2011 1:58 pm - BILLINGS, Mont. — Exxon Mobil Co. had reassured federal regulators and officials from a Montana town since December that an oil pipeline beneath the Yellowstone River wa...
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Does it pay to switch from ComEd?Jul 06, 2011 7:01 pm - Eric Bogoff of Wheeling has been mulling a switch from ComEd after receiving materials from other companies touting electricity at a lower cost. “I have a couple of thes...
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