Business Stories from May 24, 2012 (Change date)
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Governor: NJ will allow sports betsMay 25, 2012 7:10 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — New Jersey will defy a federal ban and let people bet on the outcomes of football, basketball and other games this fall, Gov. Chris Christie said T...
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Oil slips to near $90 as growth prospects dimMay 24, 2012 11:32 pm - SINGAPORE — Oil slipped to near $90 a barrel Friday in Asia amid signs of sharply slowing economic growth in Europe and China. Benchmark oil for July delivery was down 3...
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Times-Picayune to cut paper to 3 days a weekMay 25, 2012 9:13 am - NEW ORLEANS — The Times-Picayune, one of the nation's oldest newspapers, will no longer offer print editions seven days a week and instead plans to offer three printed i...
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Broadcasters sue Dish over ad-skipping DVR serviceMay 25, 2012 2:42 pm - LOS ANGELES — Broadcasters Fox, NBC and CBS sued Dish Network Corp. on Thursday over a service that offers commercial-free TV. Dish, the nation’s second-largest satelli...
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Asian carp surveillance ramping upMay 24, 2012 4:29 pm - Biologists netted two Asian carp in a Chicago lagoon Thursday as part of a stepped-up effort to track and remove the invasive species from Illinois waterways. The bighea...
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Rich-poor divide reopens at UN climate talksMay 25, 2012 7:09 am - BONN, Germany — U.N. climate talks ran into gridlock Thursday as a widening rift between rich and poor countries risked undoing some advances made last year in the decad...
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H-P leads Dow to its fourth day of gains in MayMay 25, 2012 7:09 am - NEW YORK — Hewlett-Packard helped pull the Dow Jones industrial average to a slight gain Thursday, giving the index only its fourth gain this month. Stocks flipped bet...
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EU running out of time as Greece nears exitMay 24, 2012 11:56 pm - ATHENS, Greece — European leaders insist they want to keep Greece in the eurozone, but are putting off any agreement on how they hope to accomplish that. Greece says it,...
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US bank earnings rose to 5-year highMay 25, 2012 7:09 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. bank earnings rose in the first three months of the year to the highest level in nearly five years and the number of troubled banks fell for the fourth...
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Naperville chamber parts ways with CEOMay 25, 2012 10:27 am - The president and CEO of the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce has been “released from his duties” by the group’s board of directors, officials said Thursday. John Sch...
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