Business Stories from January 22, 2013 (Change date)
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Opel may move up end of production at German plantJan 22, 2013 11:11 am - BERLIN — General Motors Co. is pressing employees in Germany to agree on a turnaround plan for its struggling European unit, warning if there is no deal it would end car...
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Microsoft Surface tablet running Intel chip to go on sale Feb. 9Jan 22, 2013 8:36 pm - Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, said its Surface tablet computer running the new Windows 8 Pro software will be available Feb. 9, the first versions...
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IRS suspends tax return preparer regulations after court rulingJan 22, 2013 11:12 am - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service suspended its regulation of tax-return preparers in response to a Jan. 18 federal court ruling that said the agency lacked authority to...
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Edward, Elmhurst health systems announce plans to mergeJan 24, 2013 7:31 am - Naperville-based Edward Hospital & Health Services and Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare plan to merge by midyear with Edward CEO Pam Davis set to lead the newly combined hos...
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OSHA cites Bartlett pasta factory for safety violationsJan 23, 2013 2:08 pm - A pasta production facility in Bartlett has been cited for 12 safety violations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Rana Me...
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Allen Stanford’s CFO James Davis gets five-year prison termJan 23, 2013 6:31 am - Former Stanford Financial Group Co. finance chief James M. Davis was sentenced to five years in federal prison for his role in a 20-year, $7-billion international fraud ...
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Wal-Mart warns suppliers on stricter measuresJan 22, 2013 1:36 pm - BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is alerting its global suppliers that it will immediately drop them if they subcontract their work to factories that haven’t bee...
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Delta Air Lines clings to $7M profit in 4QJan 22, 2013 11:15 am - MINNEAPOLIS — Delta Air Lines Inc. said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit was nearly wiped out by Superstorm Sandy and special charges. The storm forced airlines to...
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Ab inbev wins court fight over Bud beer trademarkJan 22, 2013 9:45 am - Anheuser-Busch InBev NV won back its European Union trademark right on the word “Bud” for beer and other products after an EU court rejected a challenge by Czech competi...
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OfficeMax CEO appointed to National Retail Federation boardJan 22, 2013 11:15 am - NAPERVILLE — OfficeMax President and CEO Ravi Saligram has been appointed to the board of directors of the National Retail Federation. Saligram will also join the NRF’s ...