Business Stories from November 5, 2012 (Change date)
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Apple’s share of tablet market slips as Amazon, Samsung gainNov 05, 2012 1:04 pm - Apple Inc.’s share of the tablet market slipped to about 50 percent in the third quarter from about 66 percent in the prior three-month period as demand surged for compe...
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New Age Transportation collecting goods for Hurricane Sandy victimsNov 06, 2012 3:15 pm - A Lake Zurich transportation firm is collecting canned food and other nonperishable goods for New Jersey residents affected by Hurricane Sandy. New Age Transportation is...
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Survey: Chicagoans to spend more on holiday giftsNov 05, 2012 7:40 am - Chicago area retailers will be a little bit busier this holiday season but area residents may scale back on decorations and parties. That’s what the Chicago Tribune rep...
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WHY IT MATTERS: InfrastructureNov 05, 2012 6:42 am - From bridges to broadband, America’s infrastructure is supposed to be speeding along commerce, delivering us to work and piping energy and water into our homes and busin...
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Boeing inks deal to sell 20 planes to Kuwaiti firmNov 06, 2012 6:57 am - NEW YORK — Boeing Co. and Kuwaiti airplane leasing company ALAFCO are saying they finalized an order for 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8s valued at $2.0 billion at their current lis...
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70s rally car Alpine to return — at lower priceNov 05, 2012 12:58 pm - PARIS (AP) — A sports car for the recession? Renault and the Caterham Group announced Monday plans to revive the French automaker’s Alpine sports car — and to sell it at...
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Post-storm construction hiring may aid U.S. economyNov 06, 2012 6:57 am - Hiring in the long-depressed U.S. construction industry will get a boost from the rebuilding that will follow Superstorm Sandy. Those jobs, in turn, could raise economic...
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112-year-old U.S. apparel maker in Pa. to closeNov 05, 2012 3:14 pm - ORWIGSBURG, Pa. — One of the last U.S. apparel manufacturers of its kind is losing its shirt. FesslerUSA had survived war and depression, free trade and foreign imports,...
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Former Bulls Cartwright takes work ethic behind the scenesNov 05, 2012 1:10 pm - Former Chicago Bulls center Bill Cartwright is known for sharing the court with another Bulls legend, Michael Jordan, during their winning seasons in the 1990s, or his s...
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Atypical promotional approach works for search firmNov 05, 2012 6:00 am - Like most of us, Russ Riendeau is a small-business owner, senior partner at East Wing Group Inc., a retained search firm in Barrington. But Riendeau doesn’t do things li...