Business Stories from May 25, 2012 (Change date)
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Hoffman Estates hosts fishing derbyMay 25, 2012 7:01 pm - The Hoffman Estates Chamber of Commerce – Sears Holdings Corporation Community Fishing Derby will be held at 9 a.m. June 9 at South Ridge Lake, 1450 Freeman Road in Hoff...
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Hurricane Bud roars toward Mexican coastMay 26, 2012 8:00 am - PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Hurricane Bud weakened Friday as it headed toward a string of laid-back beach resorts and small mountain villages on Mexico’s Pacific coast sou...
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Syngenta agrees to settle US suit over herbicideMay 26, 2012 8:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS — Swiss chemicals maker Syngenta’s agreement to pay $105 million to settle a nearly 8-year-old lawsuit over one of its popular agricultural herbicides cou...
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Icahn spends $785M on Chesapeake Energy stakeMay 26, 2012 8:00 am - NEW YORK — Activist investor Carl Icahn is taking a stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp. and calling for at least four of company’s directors to be replaced. Icahn spent abo...
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Greek euro exit would be a recipe for hardshipMay 26, 2012 8:00 am - ATHENS, Greece — As Greece creaks under its untenable debt and a shrinking economy, the possibility that it could stop using the euro is becoming increasingly likely. Th...
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Apple CEO Cook gives up $75M in stock dividendsMay 26, 2012 8:00 am - NEW YORK — Apple CEO Tim Cook is giving up $75 million in dividends on restricted stock that the company is awarding to all of its employees. In a filing with the Secur...
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Sycamore not ready to pull trigger on Talbots dealMay 25, 2012 6:56 pm - NEW YORK — The women’s clothier Talbots Inc. said Friday that a deadline expired without a deal in its exclusive talks about being acquired by a private equity firm and ...
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House approves $1 cigarette tax hikeMay 27, 2012 6:18 am - Now proposal goes to Senate for approval
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Assisted living facility to open next month in CaryMay 27, 2012 6:27 am - Dorothy Brady has lived for 17 years in a retirement community in Grayslake, but felt it was time to stop working so hard at things like washing dishes and doing laundry...
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P&G to add latches to make detergent packs saferMay 25, 2012 11:07 am - Procter & Gamble says it will change the design of packaging for its miniature laundry detergent product to deter children from eating the brightly colored packets that ...
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