Business Stories from August 22, 2012 (Change date)
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Don’t forget insurance with college-bound kidsAug 22, 2012 8:25 pm - It’s inevitable that something will be forgotten in the excitement of sending a child off to college. Tuition bill paid? Done. Textbooks ordered? Check. Shopping compl...
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Apple-Samsung jury has 600 questions to answerAug 22, 2012 6:35 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — The jurors who will decide the outcome of the intellectual-property trial between Apple and Samsung Electronics must answer more than 600 questions simpl...
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Basic phones propping up NokiaAug 22, 2012 6:52 pm - STOCKHOLM — Nokia, burning cash as it struggles to revive its smartphone business, is winning time for the recovery effort by gaining more customers for another product:...
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Sample food, music during Sunday’s 6th annual Taste of the Towns in Lake ZurichAug 22, 2012 2:47 pm - The Lake Zurich Area Chamber of Commerce hosts the sixth annual Taste of the Towns Sunday, Aug. 26, from 3 to 7 p.m. at Paulus Park, 200 S. Rand Road, Lake Zurich. The ...
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$14.5 million for boy’s brain injury from metal batAug 23, 2012 7:18 am - A New Jersey teenager left brain-damaged after being struck by a line drive while he was playing in a youth baseball game will receive $14.5 million to settle his lawsui...
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Fed officials weighed need to help economy furtherAug 22, 2012 4:56 pm - WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials spoke with increased urgency at their last meeting about the need to provide more help for a weak U.S. economy. Many members felt ...
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Middle class share of America’s income shrinkingAug 23, 2012 7:18 am - WASHINGTON — The middle class is receiving less of America’s total income, declining to its smallest share in decades as median wages stagnate in the economic doldrums a...
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Heinen’s Fine Foods opens in BarringtonAug 23, 2012 1:23 pm - Heinen’s Fine Foods opened its long-anticipated store in Barrington Wednesday morning — the first expansion outside greater Cleveland for the 83-year-old, family-own...
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Pactiv closing Chippewa Falls plantAug 22, 2012 2:07 pm - Lake Forest-based plastics manufacturer Pactiv Corp. says it will close its Chippewa Falls, Wis. plant, idling 170 workers. The company said it will phase out manufactur...
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Stocks climb from lows after Fed signals helpAug 23, 2012 7:18 am - NEW YORK — Investors drew some comfort Wednesday from signals that the Federal Reserve is worried about the slow pace of the U.S. economic recovery feels more urgency ab...