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Business Stories from April 1, 2013 (Change date)

UI students design car that could reach 100 mpg

Associated Press
Apr 03, 2013 8:04 am - URBANA — Think a car averaging 40 miles per gallon is fuel efficient? Think again. A team of University of Illinois students has designed a two-seat car that could reach...
$25 Cook County gun tax in effect

By Doug T. Graham
Apr 02, 2013 11:54 am - Cook County has begun charging a controversial $25 tax on every gun purchased in the county’s suburbs. The tax, which took effect Monday, is expected to raise about $600...
Constant evolution help Pheasant Run Resort hit 50-year mark

Apr 02, 2013 7:20 am - An interview with Tim Foley, general manager at Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles. Q: Pheasant Run Resort is celebrating it’s 50th Anniversary this year. What is someth...
Rubio claims pivot point on immigration overhaul

Associated Press
Apr 02, 2013 11:47 am - WASHINGTON — Whatever immigration deal might be claimed by labor and business, or by Democrats and Republicans, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is serving notice it has to g...
Privately owned daily newspapers return to Myanmar

Associated Press
Apr 02, 2013 7:12 pm - YANGON, Myanmar — For most people in Myanmar, it will be a novelty when privately run daily newspapers hit the streets on Monday. Many weren’t even born when the late di...
Can mass marketing heal the splits on ‘Obamacare’?

Associated Press
Apr 02, 2013 11:47 am - WASHINGTON — How do you convince millions of average Americans that one of the most complex and controversial programs devised by government may actually be a good deal ...
Tech firms bumping up perks to recruit, retain

Associated Press
Apr 02, 2013 11:47 am - CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple's ring-shaped, gleaming “Spaceship Headquarters” will include a world class auditorium and an orchard for engineers to wander. Google's new Bay...
Traffic headaches about to hit commuters, businesses in Rolling Meadows

By Kimberly Pohl
Apr 02, 2013 11:54 am - Rolling Meadows Public Works Director Fred Vogt didn't mince words when he alerted area businesses to the roadwork about to start around Golf and New Wilke roads. “It is...
Suburbs, O'Hare mark 50-year milestone

By Marni Pyke
Apr 02, 2013 3:40 pm - It's been 50 years since John F. Kennedy formally dedicated O'Hare International Airport in March 1963. If you don't live near the behemoth, it's just that place you rus...

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