Business Stories from July 27, 2012 (Change date)
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House to vote on drought relief, farm billJul 29, 2012 8:18 am - WASHINGTON — The House, under pressure to extend relief to drought-hit farmers and ranchers before Congress begins its summer recess, is expected to take up legislation ...
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Amazon CEO gives $2.5 million for gay marriage lawJul 29, 2012 8:18 am - OLYMPIA, Wash. — Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, announced Friday they are donating $2.5 million to the campaign to defend Washington’s sa...
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Mayor Bloomberg: Chick-fil-A flap not government’s businessJul 29, 2012 8:18 am - NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday that despite his own support of same-sex marriage, he disagrees with some of his fellow mayors who have said...
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Longtime Chick-fil-A spokesman Donald Perry diesJul 27, 2012 6:00 pm - ATLANTA — The longtime spokesman for fast-food chain Chick-fil-A died Friday. He was 60. The Atlanta-based company said in a prepared statement that vice president for c...
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Administration projects $1.2 trillion budget deficitJul 29, 2012 8:18 am - WASHINGTON — The White House predicts this year’s federal budget deficit will end up at $1.2 trillion, marking the fourth consecutive year of trillion dollar-plus defici...
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Facebook shares sink to new lowJul 29, 2012 8:18 am - NEW YORK — Facebook’s stock hit a new low Friday after it reported lukewarm second-quarter results and didn’t give an outlook for the coming months. The stock fell $2.88...
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Management shake-up at JPMorganJul 27, 2012 5:47 pm - NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase, which is reeling from the fallout of a big trading loss at one of its divisions, announced a broad reshuffling of its top management on Friday...
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Walsh criticizes Motorola Mobility moveJul 29, 2012 8:18 am - With the announcement of Motorola Mobility moving from Libertyville to downtown Chicago, Congressman Joe Walsh said Motorola’s move only gives off the appearance that Ch...
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Google admits it didn’t delete all Street View dataJul 29, 2012 8:18 am - LONDON — After being caught spying on people across Europe and Australia with its Wi-Fi-slurping Street View cars, Google had told angry regulators that it would delete ...
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Outdoor dining heats up in downtown LombardJul 29, 2012 7:22 am - Before this summer really heated up, Lombard trustees had a vision of more people eating outside at downtown restaurants and cafes. They voted in May to waive the permi...
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