Business Stories from November 2, 2012 (Change date)
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Lower production, prices hurt Chevron 3Q profitNov 02, 2012 10:38 am - SAN RAMON, Calif. — Chevron Corp. said Friday its third-quarter net income fell 33 percent as production declined and it sold oil and gas at lower prices. The nation’s ...
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Priceline rises as profit tops estimates on European salesNov 02, 2012 10:52 am - Priceline.com Inc., the most valuable online-travel agency, rose the most in two years after reporting profit that topped analysts’ estimates as consumers flocked to the...
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Ralph Lauren 2Q net income fallsNov 02, 2012 10:53 am - NEW YORK — Ralph Lauren says reduced wholesale shipments to Europe and a tax cost drove its fiscal second-quarter net income down by 8 percent and lowered its revenue ex...
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U.S. factory orders rise 4.8 percent in SeptemberNov 02, 2012 3:53 pm - WASHINGTON — U.S. companies boosted their orders for manufactured goods by the largest amount in 18 months in September, but companies remained cautious in ordering good...
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Judge orders Irish tycoon jailed for contemptNov 02, 2012 10:38 am - DUBLIN — Bankrupt tycoon Sean Quinn, once Ireland’s richest man and a celebrated self-made billionaire, was sent to jail for nine weeks Friday after a judge found him gu...
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Stocks fall as Sandy’s toll is talliedJan 11, 2017 1:32 pm - Waterlogged from Superstorm Sandy and unmoved by a solid October jobs report, U.S. stocks fell sharply Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 139 points as det...
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Middleby acquires Nieco Corp.Nov 02, 2012 10:36 am - Elgin-based company The Middleby Corp. announced the acquisition of Nieco Corp., a manufacturer of automatic broilers for the commercial food service industry. The compa...
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Verizon says Sandy effects could be ‘significant’Nov 02, 2012 10:52 am - NEW YORK — Verizon says the effects of Superstorm Sandy on its fourth-quarter earnings could be “significant.” Verizon Communications Inc., whose downtown Manhattan faci...
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Naperville officials want to close bar on Black WednesdayApr 02, 2018 1:13 pm - If police and several city council members have their way, one of downtown Naperville’s most notorious watering holes may be left out of the most intoxicating day of the...
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Crabtree Holdings to acquire MTL Equity ProductsNov 05, 2012 5:16 pm - Oak Brook-based Crabtree Holdings LLC said it will acquire MTL Holdings Inc. through a stock purchase agreement. Terms of the agreement were not announced. MTL Equity Pr...