Business Stories from September 5, 2012 (Change date)
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Stern Pinball welcomes veteran designer FreresSep 06, 2012 5:25 am - MELROSE PARK — Stern Pinball Inc., the world’s only maker of real pinball games, said game designer Greg Freres has joined the company. With 34 years in the industry, Fr...
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Radio Flyer picks LeSaint as distribution partnerSep 05, 2012 1:58 pm - ROMEOVILLE — Radio Flyer, the manufacturer of the iconic toy wagons, tricycles and three-wheeled scooters in the United States with a supply chain that extends around th...
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Gazprom shares down as EU opens antitrust probeSep 05, 2012 10:17 am - MOSCOW — Shares in Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom suffered their biggest drop in five weeks Wednesday, on news that it is the subject of a European antitrust investig...
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Greek judges, police take to streets over cutsSep 05, 2012 6:29 pm - ATHENS, Greece — Judges, public prosecutors and court workers have gathered in a demonstration at Greece’s Supreme Court to protest new pay cuts expected in a new govern...
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3M, Avery: We’ll try to address antitrust issuesSep 05, 2012 10:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. — Office products makers 3M Co. and Avery Dennison Corp. said they have not cancelled the agreement for 3M to acquire Avery Dennison’s office and consume...
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Revlon will cut 250 jobs, restructure operationsSep 05, 2012 10:00 am - NEW YORK — Makeup company Revlon Inc. says it is cutting 250 jobs, or about 5 percent of its workforce, and is closing two plants in a broad restructuring as it seeks to...
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Japan panel favors relaxing U.S. beef import limitsSep 05, 2012 10:17 am - TOKYO — Japan is moving toward relaxing restrictions on American beef imports, which had been limited because of fears about mad cow disease. A panel of experts recommen...
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Stocks barely move; FedEx sinks on profit warningSep 06, 2012 6:34 am - NEW YORK — U.S. stock prices are closing mixed, held in check by a warning from the huge package delivery company FedEx that its profits would be hurt because of a slowd...
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FedEx falls as slow economy spurs first earnings drop since 2009Sep 05, 2012 10:18 am - FedEx Corp. fell in U.S. trading after projecting its first quarterly earnings decline since 2009 as slowing economic growth hurt demand for the express packages that pr...
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All eyes on Draghi’s bond rescue plan for EuropeSep 06, 2012 6:34 am - FRANKFURT, Germany — European Central Bank President Mario Draghi gets another chance Thursday to spell out how the bank intends to rescue the 17 countries that use the ...