Business Stories from December 27, 2011 (Change date)
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Lampert has failed to turn Sears aroundDec 29, 2011 9:42 am - Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — When Kmart acquired Sears in 2005, Chairman Edward Lampert said the new company would have the geographic reach and scale to compete with Wal...
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Avastin disappoints against ovarian cancerDec 29, 2011 6:06 am - Avastin, the blockbuster drug that just lost approval for treating breast cancer, now looks disappointing against ovarian cancer, too. Two studies found it did not impro...
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U.S. warns Iran against closing key oil passageDec 29, 2011 9:14 am - TEHRAN, Iran — The U.S. warned Iran on Wednesday it will not tolerate any disruption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran threatened to choke off the vital...
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U.S. retail sales rise 4.5% week before ChristmasDec 28, 2011 1:11 pm - Sales at U.S. retailers rose 4.5 percent last week from a year earlier, as shoppers snapped up last minute purchases for Christmas and took advantage of some chains exte...
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Algonquin arcade offers 1980s gamesDec 30, 2011 6:20 am - Want to play 1980s video game classics like Asteroid and Robotron and a variety of newer games and pinball all day long for just $20? No Limit Arcade in Algonquin offers...
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China blames 54 officials for bullet train crashDec 28, 2011 6:16 am - BEIJING — A long-awaited government report said design flaws and sloppy management caused a bullet train crash in July that killed 40 people and triggered a public outcr...
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Italy raises $11.8 billion at much lower rateDec 28, 2011 6:17 am - ROME — Italy says it has raised (euro) 9 billion ($11.8 billion) in an auction of six-month bills and the rate it had to pay fell sharply, a sign that market jitters hav...
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Owners of 90-year-old Lake Forest store had visionDec 28, 2011 9:04 pm - Not many can say their uncle was Conde Nast, creator of Vogue magazine, and their aunt was Nancy Talbots, founder of Talbot's clothing stores. Ellen Stirling of Lake...
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Merger gives Alexian Brothers resources to growDec 29, 2011 6:06 am - Alexian Brothers Health System Wednesday said a merger with the nation's largest Catholic health system that takes effect Sunday will add resources that will result in f...
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Federal judge ends BP’s probation for Alaska spillDec 28, 2011 6:16 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A U.S. district judge has dismissed the federal government’s request to revoke a BP subsidiary’s probation for a 2009 oil spill on Alaska’s North Slo...
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