Business Stories from December 11, 2012 (Change date)
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Wholesalers boost stockpilesDec 11, 2012 2:44 pm - WASHINGTON — U.S. wholesale businesses increased their stockpiles in October but their sales fell sharply, a mix sign for economic growth. The Commerce Department said T...
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U.S. students lag behind in math, scienceDec 12, 2012 6:37 am - WASHINGTON — American fourth-graders are performing better than they were four years ago in math and reading, but students four years older show no such progress, a glob...
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Grocery store chain to open Hanover Park locationDec 17, 2012 9:37 am - Several months after Hanover Park officials learned Ultra Foods was leaving the village and taking 111 jobs with it, another grocery chain has announced plans to open in...
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Barrington planners endorse downtown projectDec 17, 2012 9:37 am - Barrington plan commissioners Tuesday unanimously recommended approval of a retail-office project to be built by private developers on land the village owns downtown. Th...
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Jewel sells out of Hostess goodies; eBay cranks up stashDec 12, 2012 2:05 pm - Just call it Black Tuesday in the grocery business. Jewel-Osco stores around the suburbs saw Hostess snack cakes selling out to lines of eager customers soon after h...
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Cellulosic biofuel to surge in 2013Dec 11, 2012 12:51 pm - Cellulosic biofuel companies will boost production almost 20-fold in 2013 as the first high-volume refineries go into operation, signaling a shift from an experimental f...
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Jewel shoppers: Get those Twinkies nowDec 12, 2012 1:55 pm - Itasca-based Jewel-Osco stores around the suburbs are expected to have among the last shipments of Twinkies and other Hostess products on their shelves starting Tuesday ...
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Clearbrook resale shop closing next monthDec 11, 2012 10:38 pm - The Clearbrook Resale Shop in Arlington Heights will close on January 21 after more than 25 years in the community, officials said. The shop, which takes old goods and r...
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Boehner: Obama slow walking cliff talksDec 11, 2012 6:47 pm - WASHINGTON — House Speaker John Boehner says President Barack Obama is slow-walking talks to avoid the fiscal cliff, and hasn’t outlined spending cuts he’s willing to su...
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Government outlines HSBC ties to drug money launderingDec 11, 2012 10:44 am - WASHINGTON — British bank HSBC violated the Bank Secrecy Act in connection with the laundering of money from narcotics drug traffickers in Mexico and intentionally allow...