Business Stories from August 2, 2012 (Change date)
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Chick-fil-A sets 1-day sales record amid flapAug 03, 2012 7:13 am - ATLANTA — Chick-fil-A set a one-day sales record on Wednesday amid an ongoing controversy over a company executive’s public stance against same-sex marriage, company off...
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With no concrete action in Europe, stocks fallAug 03, 2012 7:13 am - NEW YORK — European leaders on Thursday gamely promised to keep tackling the continent’s debt crisis. But the markets wanted much more. Stocks sank across the U.S. and ...
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NBC: Tape delay isn't affecting number of viewersAug 02, 2012 9:59 pm - NEW YORK — NBC's researchers are finding that people who know the results of London Olympics events before they are shown on tape delay are more — not less — likely to w...
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Fires lead to recall of Kenmore dehumidifiersAug 03, 2012 7:13 am - WASHINGTON — Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Corp. are recalling about 795,000 Kenmore dehumidifiers because of potential fire and burn hazards. The company, in conjun...
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Report: Generic drugs saved $193 billion in 2011Aug 03, 2012 7:13 am - TRENTON, N.J. — Growing use of generic medicines has reduced U.S. health care spending by more than $1 trillion over the past decade, according to an industry-funded stu...
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DirecTV loses subscribers for first time in 2QAug 03, 2012 7:13 am - NEW YORK — DirecTV, the country’s largest provider of satellite TV services, is losing subscribers for the first time, as the company tightened credit policies and consu...
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Cost of glitch for Knight Capital: $440 millionAug 03, 2012 7:13 am - NEW YORK — It’s turning out to be one costly glitch. A technical problem that briefly threw dozens of stocks into chaos Wednesday will cost Knight Capital Group $440 mil...
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The Wellington in Arlington Heights closes after 29 yearsAug 06, 2012 6:32 am - One of Arlington Heights’ most popular and iconic restaurants, The Wellington, has closed. The restaurant, which opened at 2121 S. Arlington Heights Road in July 1983, c...
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Tellabs ensures Tweets, calls go through during OlympicsAug 03, 2012 7:13 am - Whenever gold-medal swimmer Michael Phelps sent a tweet or track-and-field star Usain Bolt called his family in Jamaica during the Summer Olympics in London, their voice...
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ECB’s Draghi: Bank may intervene on bondsAug 02, 2012 1:55 pm - FRANKFURT, Germany — European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said Thursday the bank would make a new effort to buy government bonds to drive down the high borrowing...
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