Business Stories from August 15, 2011 (Change date)
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Motorola Mobility shares skyrocketAug 15, 2011 5:19 pm - After Google Inc. said Monday it would buy Libertyville-based Motorola Mobility, MMI shares soared nearly 60 percent after the opening bell and stayed up all day. Motor...
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Sara Lee, Kraft escalate wiener warAug 16, 2011 6:52 am - The nation’s two largest hot dog makers are taking their legal beefs Monday to federal court in Chicago, where a judge will determine whether Oscar Mayer or Ball Park fr...
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AAR wins contract from Virgin AmericaAug 16, 2011 8:32 am - AAR Corp. said it has been awarded an 18-month contract from Virgin America to provide maintenance and installation services for the airline's growing fleet of Airbus 32...
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Group seeks Amazon boycott over sales tax fightAug 16, 2011 6:53 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A coalition of nonprofit groups is calling on customers of Amazon.com to cancel their accounts unless the Internet retailer stops resisting a Califo...
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Buffett calls for more taxes on ‘mega rich’Aug 16, 2011 8:32 am - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is calling on the so-called mega-rich to pay more in taxes. Buffett says in a New York Times opinion piece that he would immediately ...
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Ten years later, air travelers feel the specter of 9/11 every dayAug 16, 2011 12:30 pm - Five-year-old Frank Allocco is 37,000 feet above America, face pressed against the window. “Cool,” he says to his 6-year-old sister. “Francesca, look.” It’s their first ...
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A look at other tax packagesAug 15, 2011 5:07 pm - A state incentive package meant to keep Motorola Mobility from leaving Libertyville is among the largest such deals in state history, but it’s not the only one. State re...
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Congress from a small-business perspectiveJan 11, 2017 1:32 pm - When a business runs at a loss, most business owners will say there are two ways to get out of the resulting financial hole: Cut expenses. Increase revenue. Clearly, nei...
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Stocks rise for third straight dayAug 16, 2011 6:52 am - The Dow Jones industrial average notched a three-day win streak Monday for the first time in six weeks. A $19 billion corporate buying spree and encouraging economic new...
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Time Warner Cable buying Insight for $3B in cashAug 16, 2011 8:32 am - NEW YORK — Time Warner Cable will buy Insight Communications Co. for $3 billion in cash as it bolsters its presence in the Midwest, the company said Monday. The private...