Business Stories from October 7, 2011 (Change date)
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When you need to get rid of old phones, electronicsOct 08, 2011 8:55 am - Thomas R. Wells and Ken Haller, both St. Charles natives, started a mobile phone recycling business called eBlazeServices.com in 2008, which has since expanded worldwide...
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Charlestowne Mall eyeing spring for big changesOct 08, 2011 4:49 pm - The debut of a rejuvenated Charlestowne Mall may only be a couple seasons away, a change that would make local business owners and St. Charles city officials happy. Busi...
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Alaska university sees green in golden potatoOct 10, 2011 5:44 am - TRAPPER CREEK, Alaska — Golden birch trees marked the edge of Greg Kalal’s fields, but the dentist-turned-farmer was more interested in hues beneath the soil on his land...
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Final hearing on oil pipeline to be raucous showOct 08, 2011 8:55 am - WASHINGTON — Environmental activists, religious groups and young people inspired by the protests against Wall Street plan to rally in opposition to a Canadian company’s ...
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Fact Check: Obama claims miss some evidenceOct 08, 2011 8:55 am - WASHINGTON — Are President Barack Obama’s ideas for job creation really bipartisan as he claims? Not when the means for paying for them are put in the equation. The pres...
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Quinn: Tax increase part of hard economic realityOct 08, 2011 11:31 am - URBANA, Ill. — Gov. Pat Quinn has downplayed the struggles facing Illinois’ economy in recent days, but on Friday said his decision earlier this year to raise income tax...
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Designer accepts damages over tabloid hackingOct 08, 2011 8:55 am - LONDON — Interior designer Kelly Hoppen has accepted 60,000 pounds ($93,000) in damages for phone hacking from the publisher of the News of the World, lawyers for both s...
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Lombard rejects plan to waive downtown permit feesOct 10, 2011 5:44 am - Lombard village trustees say they’re willing to do almost anything to bring new businesses into downtown. But they won’t initiate a proposed grant program to waive up t...
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Euro heads for weekly gain on Europe debt fffortsOct 10, 2011 5:44 am - The euro headed for a weekly gain against the dollar, snapping two weeks of losses, on speculation financial support for European banks will help stem the region’s debt ...
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Sprint CEO Says iPhone to Be One of Most Profitable DevicesOct 08, 2011 8:55 am - Sprint Nextel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Dan Hesse said the iPhone will be one of the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier’s most profitable devices. Sprint shares ros...
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