Business Stories from March 20, 2012 (Change date)
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Oracle tops estimates on buoyant business-software demandMar 20, 2012 11:43 pm - Oracle Corp., the biggest maker of database software, topped analysts’ estimates for quarterly profit and new license sales, a sign of buoyant demand for programs that h...
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Worry about Chinese demand drives US stocks lowerMar 21, 2012 6:06 am - Stocks closed lower Tuesday for only the second time in two weeks after two reports suggested an economic slowdown in China, where blistering growth over the past three ...
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Apple’s next hot release: The dividend checkMar 21, 2012 6:06 am - NEW YORK — Apple made computers sexy. Can it do the same for the musty old dividend? Issuing a regular payment to your stockholders after years of just amassing cash use...
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Funding questions remain for Wheaton apartment proposalMar 21, 2012 6:13 am - A Chicago-based developer wants Wheaton to pay $2.7 million to support a luxury apartment complex downtown, but some city officials are expressing possible concerns. The...
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In the mood for wine? A wine for every moodMar 21, 2012 2:40 pm - You know wine and food pairings. But how do you feel about wine and mood pairings? That’s the approach being taken by a new line of wines — “Be.” — from Treasury Wine Es...
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Report: Just $31 billion from Buffett rule tax on richMar 21, 2012 6:13 am - WASHINGTON — A bill designed to enact President Barack Obama’s plan for a “Buffett rule” tax on people earning more than $1 million a year would rake in just $31 billion...
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Bernanke revisits college as guest lecturer at GWMar 21, 2012 9:56 am - WASHINGTON — Students began trickling in early. Some dressed up in button-down shirts. Nervous chatter and fidgeting arose around the room. And then in walked Professor ...
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Arlington Hts. urged to ease up on employee parkingMar 21, 2012 6:13 am - Arlington Heights parking policies are threatening downtown businesses, two company owners told the village board Monday. Katie Van Egeren, owner of Vignettes of Arlingt...
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Apple loses bid to force Motorola Mobility to give Android dataMar 21, 2012 6:06 am - Apple Inc. lost a bid to force Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. to turn over data about Google Inc.'s development of its Android mobile-phone operating system and planned...
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Financier’s art collection coming to NYC auctionMar 20, 2012 1:22 pm - NEW YORK — Works of art collected by the late Wall Street financier Theodore Forstmann are set to be sold at auction this spring and could fetch as much as $75 million, ...