Business Stories from December 6, 2011 (Change date)
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Justice Dept looking into e-book sales practicesDec 08, 2011 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is looking into possible anticompetitive practices involving e-book sales. A department spokeswoman says that Sharis Pozen, the actin...
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Hoffman Estates Dominick’s to closeDec 07, 2011 5:00 pm - The Dominick’s Finer Foods store at Golf and Barrington roads in Hoffman Estates is expected to close by late January due to poor performance, the company said Wednesday...
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JC Penney buying stake in Martha Stewart LivingDec 07, 2011 6:38 am - PLANO, Texas — Department store operator J.C. Penney Co. is buying a minority stake in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. for $38.5 million and teaming with the media ...
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Seigles opens in GenevaDec 07, 2011 6:03 pm - ELGIN — Seigle’s Cabinet Center will open a showroom in Geneva at 728 W. State St., within the Carlson Flooring store. Both companies cater to the product needs of buil...
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U.S. Nuclear output rises to 3-month high on oOio reactor boostDec 07, 2011 8:43 am - U.S. nuclear-power production rose 1 percent to the highest level in more than three months as FirstEnergy Corp. boosted the Davis-Besse reactor in Ohio. Generation gain...
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Police clear Occupy encampment in San FranciscoDec 07, 2011 6:13 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — More than 100 police officers gave protesters at the Occupy encampment in San Francisco five minutes to gather belongings before authorities took down ab...
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New business park breaks ground in WoodridgeDec 07, 2011 6:17 pm - WOODRIDGE — McShane Development, in partnership with Gallagher and Henry, recently broke ground on a business park located at the northeast corner of I-55 and I-355 in W...
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KGRA to develop Pa. energy recovery projectDec 07, 2011 12:38 pm - PRNewswire LAKE FOREST — KGRA Energy LP, a developer of waste heat recovery power generation projects, will develop a pioneering waste heat recovery project in Pennsylva...
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Blood-test patents debated at Supreme CourtDec 08, 2011 6:00 am - U.S. Supreme Court justices grappled with the reach of federal patent law, touching on both fire- building techniques and Albert Einstein’s discoveries during arguments ...
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BP Gets Oil Spill-Related U.S. Violation Notices; Will AppealDec 08, 2011 5:48 am - BP Plc, which got five additional U.S. violation notices tied to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, said it plans to appeal all citations related to operations on a dril...