Business Stories from August 22, 2011 (Change date)
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Family-owned Steinhafels invests in Vernon HillsAug 23, 2011 5:51 am - He’ll spend his birthday greeting customers, but Gary Steinhafel considers the opening of the family’s new store this week a worthy celebration. After an intense eight m...
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So. Calif. grocery workers reject contract dealAug 22, 2011 5:40 am - LOS ANGELES — Thousands of Southern California grocery workers have voted overwhelmingly to reject a health care proposal from major supermarket chains and authorize the...
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Shell: 6 oil spills ‘sabotage’ in Nigeria deltaAug 22, 2011 12:56 pm - LAGOS, Nigeria — Royal Dutch Shell PLC says six recent oil spills in Nigeria’s southern delta were a result of “sabotage” on one of their pipelines, and that a seventh s...
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EEOC: 3M settles age discrimination complaintAug 22, 2011 1:56 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says technology giant 3M has agreed to pay a total of $3 million to several hundred former employees who a...
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JetBlue to waive fees for tropical stormAug 22, 2011 11:49 am - Due to inclement weather forecast to impact the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico areas, JetBlue Airways will waive change/cancel fees and fare differences for Customer...
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Black journalists honor EBONYAug 22, 2011 10:33 am - Chicago-based EBONY Magazine, the iconic Black American brand dedicated to celebrating and enriching the lives of Black Americans for over 65 years, has been recognized ...
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Skype buying group message system GroupMeAug 23, 2011 5:28 am - NEW YORK — Skype is expanding even before it gets absorbed by Microsoft Corp. The online communications service said Monday that it plans to buy GroupMe, which provides ...
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Vintner loses No. 1 status, toasts new growthAug 22, 2011 5:41 am - VICTOR, N.Y. — Richard and Rob Sands have turned their father’s little wine company into a potent player in alcoholic drinks with moderately priced wines, spirits and im...
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Floods, outages reinforce need for recovery planningAug 22, 2011 4:56 am - Even if your business has so far avoided this year’s storm-induced floods and power outages, there’s more to come. Count on it. That makes your recovery plan — the actio...
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Businesses costing burbs with sales tax loopholeAug 22, 2011 1:56 pm - Chicago and its immediate suburbs are losing millions of dollars in revenue because companies doing business there are routing purchases through outlying cities that hav...