Business Stories from August 31, 2011 (Change date)
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Small Illinois post offices could closeSep 01, 2011 6:20 am - A basket of cucumbers was on the counter Monday of the U.S. post office in Clare, about an hour west of Arlington Heights, and everyone was welcome to take a few home. I...
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Obama jobs speech creates conflict with GOPSep 01, 2011 2:25 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced his intention to lay out a new jobs plan in a prime-time speech to Congress next week that strategists hope wi...
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German stocks pare worst month in nine years on fed speculationSep 01, 2011 6:20 am - German stocks advanced, with the benchmark DAX Index trimming its biggest monthly drop in almost nine years, as unemployment fell and Federal Reserve minutes showed some...
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Government sues to block AT&T, T-Mobile mergerSep 01, 2011 6:20 am - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department filed suit Wednesday to block AT&T’s $39 billion deal to buy T-Mobile USA on grounds that it would raise prices for consumers. The go...
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Aeroports de paris profit rises on passenger numbers, retailSep 01, 2011 2:14 pm - Aeroports de Paris, operator of the French capital’s Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports, said first-half profit rose 6.3 percent as traffic increased and passengers spe...
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Saab auto said to be close to securing loan to avert bankruptcySep 01, 2011 6:20 am - Saab Automobile, the cash-starved Swedish carmaker, is close to securing a loan of about $157 million to pay overdue salaries and avert a looming bankruptcy, three peopl...
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Sony shows wearable 3-D personal theaterSep 01, 2011 6:20 am - TOKYO — Sony says it will start selling a head mounted display that provides a 3-D theater of music videos, movies and games, targeting people who prefer solitary entert...
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Report: U.S. companies added 91,000 workers in AugustSep 01, 2011 6:20 am - Companies in the U.S. added 91,000 workers to payrolls in August, according to data from ADP Employer Services. The median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg N...
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Treasuries set for steepest monthly gain since 2008 on economySep 01, 2011 6:20 am - Treasuries headed for their biggest monthly gain since December 2008 before reports this week that are forecast to show employment and manufacturing slowed. U.S. governm...
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Cleanup starts at burned SW Indiana plant siteSep 01, 2011 6:41 am - FORT BRANCH, Ind. — A crew hired by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has started removing asbestos from a former meat packing plant in southwestern Indiana that ...
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