Business Stories from August 16, 2012 (Change date)
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Elgin career training helps students young and oldAug 19, 2012 9:14 am - Clarissa Johnson, 18, first heard about Computer Systems Institute toward the beginning of her senior year at Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville. She was pregna...
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Idenix tumbles on hepatitis drug safety concernsAug 16, 2012 7:01 pm - NEW YORK — Shares of Idenix Pharmaceuticals plunged Thursday after federal regulators halted trials of its hepatitis C drug due to the potential for heart damage. Two we...
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Carbon dioxide emissions in U.S. drop to 20-year lowAug 17, 2012 6:54 am - PITTSBURGH — In a surprising turnaround, the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere in the U.S. has fallen dramatically to its lowest level in 20 ye...
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Illinois joins push to end texting and drivingAug 16, 2012 4:55 pm - Illinois is one of several states backing a campaign by AT&T to get Americans to sign a pledge not to text behind the wheel, with Gov. Pat Quinn declaring September “Tex...
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Forecast: Drought lingering but leveling offAug 17, 2012 6:54 am - ST. LOUIS — The worst drought in the U.S. in decades may be leveling off or even be easing ever so slightly in some lucky locales, federal weather forecasters announced ...
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Facebook hits new low as IPO lock-up endsAug 17, 2012 6:54 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook’s stock plunged to a new low Thursday after the expiration of a ban that had prevented some early investors and insiders from dumping millions o...
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S&P 500 creeps near four-year highAug 17, 2012 6:54 am - AP Business Writer NEW YORK — Encouraging earnings from Cisco and hopeful signs in a housing report lifted the stock market Thursday. The gains nudged the Standard & Po...
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Ex-Georgia coach Jim Donnan charged in Ponzi schemeAug 17, 2012 6:54 am - ATLANTA — Former University of Georgia football coach Jim Donnan used his influence to get high-profile college coaches and former players to invest $80 million into a P...
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Illinois unemployment edges up again in JulyAug 17, 2012 7:10 am - Illinois' unemployment rate increased again in July with the loss of thousands of government and hospitality jobs. The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Th...
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Elk Grove Village establishes video gambling commissionAug 18, 2012 10:57 am - A month after adopting an ordinance allowing video gambling, the Elk Grove Village Board Tuesday approved an ordinance establishing a video gaming subcommission to provi...
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