Business Stories from December 28, 2012 (Change date)
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Trains carrying more oil across US amid boomDec 29, 2012 11:17 am - BILLINGS, Mont. — Energy companies behind the oil boom on the Northern Plains are increasingly turning to an industrial-age workhorse — the locomotive — to move their cr...
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Last ditch effort to avoid fiscal cliff under wayDec 29, 2012 11:29 am - WASHINGTON — The end game at hand, the White House and Senate leaders made a final stab at compromise Friday night to prevent middle-class tax increases from taking effe...
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Stocks tumble as 'fiscal cliff' deadline nearsDec 29, 2012 8:16 am - NEW YORK — Stocks fell for a fifth day on concern that Washington lawmakers will fail to reach a budget deal before a self-imposed year-end deadline. The five-day losing...
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Strike likely averted at East Coast portsDec 29, 2012 8:16 am - NEW YORK — Dockworkers along the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico agreed Friday to extend their contract for more than a month, averting a weekend strike that could hav...
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Arlington Heights theater-restaurant on wayDec 31, 2012 6:26 am - Downtown Arlington Heights may be losing out on the current holiday movie season, but now expects to be back in business by summer with a new theater that will include a...
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St. Charles business makes your image 3-DDec 28, 2012 11:16 am - North Aurora resident George Walrath, CEO and co-founder of 3D FigureWorks in St. Charles, aims to make you, or even your pet, into a 3-D star. He's using a proprietary ...
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Chevron’s CEO: Affordable energy is crucialDec 28, 2012 12:35 pm - NEW YORK — Chevron CEO John Watson notices something important as he visits his company’s operations around the globe: Governments everywhere find high energy prices muc...
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Unilever to phase out ‘microplastics’ by 2015Dec 28, 2012 10:39 am - AMSTERDAM — Unilever, the maker of Vaseline, Axe deodorants and Dove soaps, among other cosmetic and hygiene products, says it will phase out the use of microplastics by...
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Fla. man pleads guilty in NY in dinosaur disputeDec 29, 2012 3:10 pm - NEW YORK — A Florida fossils dealer pleaded guilty to smuggling charges Thursday and agreed to give up a celebrated $1 million dinosaur skeleton seized by the U.S. gover...
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Ordinary folks losing faith in stocksDec 28, 2012 12:39 pm - NEW YORK — Andrew Neitlich is the last person you’d expect to be rattled by the stock market. He once worked as a financial analyst picking stocks for a mutual fund. He ...