Business Stories from March 18, 2013 (Change date)
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Man faces sentencing in iPad data breach caseMar 19, 2013 10:39 am - $PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Associated Press$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ NEWARK, N.J. — A man convicted of illegally gaining access to AT&T’s servers and stealing more than 100,000 email addre...
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WTI drops from three-week high on Cyprus; Libyan pipeline shutsMar 18, 2013 7:45 am - $PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Bloomberg News$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ West Texas Intermediate crude fell from the highest price in three weeks as an unprecedented levy on bank savings in Cyp...
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Cypriot deposits grab shocks savers across EuropeMar 19, 2013 9:26 am - NICOSIA, Cyprus — A plan to seize up to 10 percent of people’s savings in the small Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus sent shockwaves across Europe on Monday as hous...
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Journalism study shows impact of cutbacks in newsMar 20, 2013 9:05 am - NEW YORK — A new study is detailing how years of cutbacks have affected the quality of television and newspaper news and how consumers view the work. The Pew Research Ce...
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Phone hacking lawyer: 100s of new casesMar 19, 2013 10:39 am - $PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Associated Press$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ LONDON — A lawyer for victims of phone hacking by the News of the World says a new conspiracy uncovered by British inve...
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Boeing rival Airbus, Indonesia airline in $24 billion accordMar 18, 2013 2:05 pm - PARIS — Indonesian airline Lion Air is to buy 234 short to medium range aircraft from Airbus for $24 billion, in what is being billed as the biggest civilian deal in the...
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Cyprus deposit tax rattles marketsMar 18, 2013 11:38 am - LONDON — Stocks around the world fell sharply Monday as investors fretted over a weekend plan to tax depositors in Cypriot banks as part of a bailout of the Mediterranea...
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Obama nominates Justice official to top Labor slotMar 19, 2013 9:26 am - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama gave a glowing rollout Monday to Thomas Perez, his choice to lead the Labor Department after an aggressive stint as the nation’s chie...
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Twitter co-founder eyes NYC mayor's jobMar 19, 2013 2:31 pm - NEW YORK — There may be another billionaire interested in New York City's top job. Jack Dorsey, co-founder of the popular social media service Twitter and the mobile pay...
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Entrepreneurial spirit drives business networking guruMar 18, 2013 6:00 am - Shalom Klein, who was born in Vernon Hills, assumed he would join his family’s accounting firm, Moshe Klein & Associates Ltd. in Chicago and Skokie, at some point. But ...