Business Stories from October 4, 2011 (Change date)
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Steve Jobs told us what we needed before we knewOct 06, 2011 2:46 pm - Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies
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Property tax appeals favor businesses in Cook CountyOct 05, 2011 5:45 pm - Many Cook County homeowners opened their tax bills this week to find the amount they owed went up, even though the assessed value of their property went down. In the Nor...
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Des Plaines starts to receive casino take, $2.6 million so farOct 05, 2011 6:14 pm - Des Plaines city officials are trying to figure out how and when to disburse nearly $2.6 million in gambling tax revenues from the new Rivers Casino. The casino, which ...
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Unions, students join Wall Street protestersOct 06, 2011 6:46 am - NEW YORK — Unions gave a high-profile boost to the long-running protest against Wall Street and economic inequality Wednesday, with their members joining thousands of pr...
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Strike by Greek civil servants shuts down govtOct 06, 2011 12:32 pm - ATHENS, Greece — Angry and frustrated, Greek civil servants walked off the job Wednesday, paralyzing the government and public transport to protest ever-deeper austerity...
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Oil nears $78 amid hopes of Europe financial fixOct 05, 2011 11:08 pm - BANGKOK — Oil rose to near $78 a barrel Wednesday in Asia amid hopes that Europe will contain the debt crisis that has engulfed Greece and threatens to destabilize other...
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Emanuel shuns transparency after promising new dayOct 06, 2011 6:46 am - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a former investment banker who promised to end “business as usual,” is maintaining predecessor Richard M. Daley's two-decade tradition of sh...
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Euro official: no one pushing for Greek defaultOct 06, 2011 12:32 pm - LUXEMBOURG — A senior European official vowed Tuesday that a Greek default was not an option and would be avoided even after Athens' admission that it would miss its def...
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In Kodak's troubles, a snapshot of an icon's fallOct 06, 2011 12:32 pm - ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Buffeted by fierce foreign competition, then blindsided by a digital revolution, photography icon Eastman Kodak Co. is teetering on a financial precipi...
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Protesters occupy Chicago's financial districtOct 05, 2011 9:32 am - A Chicago police spokeswoman says protesters occupying the city's financial district have been “very peaceful” and no arrests have been made. A small group has been camp...
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