Business Stories from October 28, 2011 (Change date)
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Ford quality tumbles as Japanese dominate Consumer Reports studyNov 01, 2011 12:57 pm - Ford Motor Co.’s reliability ranking in the Consumer Reports annual auto survey tumbled as its namesake brand slid to 20th from 10th last year among 28 brands while Japa...
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Government job losses a growing drag on recoveryNov 01, 2011 12:57 pm - WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans have long clamored for government downsizing. They’re starting to get it — by default. Crippled by plunging tax revenues, state and...
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Cablevision profit declines 65% as subscribers leave, costs riseOct 29, 2011 8:47 am - Cablevision Systems Corp., the fifth-largest U.S. cable-TV provider by subscribers, reported profit declined 65 percent as video customers defected and expenses for prog...
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Pritzker family business founder dies at 85Oct 30, 2011 7:37 am - CHICAGO — Businessman Robert Pritzker, who led a global industrial conglomerate and whose family founded the Hyatt chain of hotels, has died. He was 85. Pritzker died Th...
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Authorities in legal bid to oust cathedral protestOct 28, 2011 6:57 pm - LONDON — Church and local government officials in London said Friday they would go to court to evict anti-capitalist protesters camped outside St. Paul’s Cathedral, as t...
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Commonwealth nations change royal succession rulesOct 28, 2011 12:13 pm - PERTH, Australia — British Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday that the 16 Commonwealth countries for which Queen Elizabeth II is monarch have agreed to remove gend...
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Chevron says net income rises on crude oil prices, refinery saleOct 29, 2011 8:47 am - Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. energy company, reported the highest third-quarter profit in three years as rising crude prices and proceeds from the sale of a re...
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WSJ best-seller lists to include e-booksOct 28, 2011 12:13 pm - NEW YORK — The Wall Street Journal has an agreement with Nielsen BookScan to publish best-seller lists that include both physical books and e-sales. Since 2009, Nielsen ...
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Chinese companies in tentative deal to buy SaabOct 29, 2011 8:47 am - STOCKHOLM — Two Chinese companies have reached a tentative deal to take over struggling car maker Saab for (euro) 100 million ($141 million), the company’s owner Swedish...
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Des Plaines bank closedOct 30, 2011 4:09 pm - WASHINGTON — Regulators have closed a small bank in Des Plaines, lifting to 85 the number of banks in the U.S. that have failed this year. The Federal Deposit Insurance ...
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