Business Stories from May 22, 2012 (Change date)
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Wauconda couple starting kids book businessMay 23, 2012 5:17 am - A new online children’s book business is weeks away from launching, thanks to a strong social media and web marketing campaign by a Wauconda couple. By mid-June, Shawn ...
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Arens Controls has long history in the suburbsMay 23, 2012 6:06 am - Arens Controls’ roots date back to the early days of flying. Its founder, Charles Arens, was a pioneer in aviation technology who made his first flight in 1911. The Earl...
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A late slide erases stock market gainsMay 23, 2012 5:59 am - NEW YORK - Just how nervous are investors about Greece? All it took to derail a day of stock market gains was a headline saying that the country was preparing to leave t...
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Wheaton looks to increase oversight of downtown groupMay 23, 2012 6:36 am - Wheaton City Council members say they will continue to develop performance-based benchmarks to measure the success of a group charged with promoting the downtown busines...
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East Dundee banquet hall fined seven times for noiseMay 23, 2012 6:46 pm - An East Dundee business that faced neighborhood opposition long before it even opened, has been fined seven times for playing music too loudly. Last Wednesday, Premier ...
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Eugene Polley, inventor of TV remote, dies at 96May 23, 2012 11:14 am - Couch potatoes everywhere can pause and thank Eugene Polley for hours of feet-up channel surfing. His invention, the first wireless TV remote, began as a luxury, but wit...
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US home sales up across the country, hopeful signMay 23, 2012 5:59 am - WASHINGTON — Americans are buying more homes in every region of the country, the latest indication that the housing market could be on the mend. An increasing porti...
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SEC reviewing JPMorgan’s filings after $2 billion lossMay 22, 2012 1:54 pm - WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are reviewing what JPMorgan Chase told investors about its finances and the risks it took weeks before suffering a multibillion-doll...
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SEC reviewing JPMorgan’s filings after $2B lossMay 22, 2012 9:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are reviewing what JPMorgan Chase told investors about its finances and the risks it took weeks before suffering a multibillion-doll...
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Stocks turn higher after housing reportMay 22, 2012 3:03 pm - NEW YORK — An encouraging report on the housing market nudged most stocks higher on Tuesday, while Facebook took another fall. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 36 p...