Business Stories from September 8, 2011 (Change date)
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Jewel to sell all 27 of its gas stationsSep 13, 2011 7:30 pm - SuperValu Inc., parent of Itasca-based Jewel-Osco, said Thursday it will sell 107 fuel centers, including 27 in Chicago and the suburbs that would affect 190 workers. Th...
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Airline debit-card fees being investigated by u.K. RegulatorSep 08, 2011 11:20 am - Britain’s Office of Fair Trading opened a formal probe into airlines that ignored a request to increase transparency of the fees they charge for using debit and credit c...
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Russian August New Car Sales Increase 32% as Growth Stabilizes c.2011 Bloomberg NewsSep 09, 2011 6:33 am - Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Russian new car and light commercial vehicle sales increased 32 percent to 224,764 units in August from a year earlier, with growth likely to stab...
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Bensenville businessman showcased at Obama jobs talkSep 13, 2011 7:30 pm - A week after Congressman Peter Roskam toured Chicago White Metal Casting in Bensenville, company President and CEO Eric Treiber got a mysterious email from the Wheaton R...
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Mortgage rates in U.S. fall to record lowSep 09, 2011 4:47 am - U.S. mortgage rates tumbled to the lowest in at least four decades as stagnant job growth and concern that Europe’s debt crisis is deepening drove investors to the relat...
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Spanish teachers back to school in a grumpy moodSep 09, 2011 6:33 am - MADRID — The mood in Spain’s classrooms is gloomy as the academic year begins with public school teachers announcing a wave of national rallies Thursday to protest again...
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Twitter expanding the number of ads shown to usersSep 09, 2011 5:40 am - SAN FRANCISCO — If you’re on Twitter, expect to see more ads flowing through your stream of tweets in the next few months. The ads will show up even if the promotion is ...
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Walmart to offer layaway option this ChristmasSep 09, 2011 6:33 am - Walmart announced Friday that it will offer a Christmas layaway program for electronics and toys. Available at all stores nationwide, the program will kick off on Oct. 1...
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Bank of England Resists Calls to Add More Monetary StimulusSep 09, 2011 6:33 am - Bank of England officials resisted calls to extend economic stimulus as they attempt to navigate a path between accelerating inflation and a faltering recovery. The nine...
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Illinois governor wins dismissal of public employees’ lawsuitSep 09, 2011 4:47 am - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn won dismissal of a lawsuit by a public-employees union seeking to reverse an order freezing the pay of 30,000 government workers. The America...
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