Business Stories from June 21, 2012 (Change date)
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Lake Zurich car dealer critics turn into supportersJun 24, 2012 6:58 am - Former opponents now support proposal for luxury car dealer to replace Capaccio Bros. in Lake Zurich
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Sugar Grove disabled vet surprised with mortgage-free homeJun 22, 2012 6:55 pm - After his Humvee went over a bomb in Afghanistan in 2004, Army Spc. Nick Mapson's doctors didn't think he would survive. They saw the third-degree burns on his face, arm...
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Court throws out FCC fines for cursing, nudityJun 22, 2012 6:45 am - WASHINGTON — Broadcasters anticipating a major constitutional ruling on the government’s authority to regulate what can be shown and said on the airwaves instead won onl...
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Long Grove town hall meeting:Jun 21, 2012 5:57 pm - The Long Grove village board will host a town-hall meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, at the village hall, 3110 Old McHenry Road. The meeting is a follow-up t...
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Dow loses 251, second-biggest drop of the yearJun 22, 2012 6:45 am - NEW YORK — Investors yanked money out of stocks Thursday after new reports from the U.S. and China pointed to a sharp slowdown in manufacturing. The Dow Jones industria...
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Software could use work for Microsoft’s new tabletJun 23, 2012 11:07 am - LOS ANGELES — Microsoft seems to have gotten the design and form factor right with its new Surface tablet computer. But the user interface, not so much. That’s an odd co...
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A look at China visitation numbers to the U.S.Jun 23, 2012 11:07 am - Chinese visitors to the U.S. have increased in recent years, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. Here’s a look at the numbers: Ÿ 2004: 203,000 visitors Ÿ 2005:...
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Sara Lee to close outlets; 75 lose jobsJun 22, 2012 6:45 am - Downers Grove-based Sara Lee said Thursday it will close its 11 retail outlet stores nationwide by late November, including stores in Downers Grove, Palatine, Skokie and...
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Books crack tech mysteries of food scienceJun 22, 2012 11:53 am - You may not aspire to the culinary theatrics performed by the wizards of modernist cuisine — transparent ravioli? edible balloons? — but your cooking probably still coul...
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Carpentersville approves mobile food vendors — with restrictionsJun 22, 2012 6:45 am - The Carpentersville village board has decided to allow mobile food vendors — like ice cream trucks — into town, but not without several restrictions. For one thing, peo...
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