Business Stories from September 2, 2013 (Change date)
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CBS, Time Warner reach content agreementSep 03, 2013 10:12 am - NEW YORK — CBS and Time Warner Cable have ended their payment dispute and expect programming to resume in millions of homes by 5 p.m. CST on Monday. The agreement ends a...
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Lake Zurich’s Rock the Block:Sep 02, 2013 5:01 pm - Lake Zurich plans to throw a street party in the village’s downtown Saturday, Sept. 14. Rock the Block will be on and along Main Street, between Church Street and Old Ra...
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Lava lamps: 50 years old and still groovySep 05, 2013 6:18 am - LONDON — Call them `60s relics or hippy home accessories, lava lamps have been casting their dim but groovy light on interiors for half a century, having hit British she...
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Fate of GM factories hangs on Australian electionSep 03, 2013 9:50 am - The fate of Australian car plants run by General Motors Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. hangs on the Sept. 7 election that pits a government committed to subsidies against an...
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Prosecutors seek arrest warrant for Red Bull heirSep 03, 2013 10:13 am - BANGKOK — Thai authorities are seeking an arrest warrant for an heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune after he failed to appear for his indictment in the hit-and-run...
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Verizon doubles down on U.S. as AT&T seeks a hedge in EuropeSep 03, 2013 10:12 am - Verizon Communications Inc.’s plan to buy out its wireless partner for $130 billion is a bet that the U.S. mobile-phone market still has room for expansion even as compe...
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Descendants of slaves hold out against coal miningSep 03, 2013 10:13 am - DIRGIN, Texas — Ida Finley smiles wistfully, recalling how she used to cook for an entire East Texas community — nearly all descendants of slaves. The children would gra...
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Indian TV channel seeks success with weddingsSep 03, 2013 10:13 am - NOIDA, India — Weddings and reality television: Indians are obsessed with both. Now, Shagun TV, a new television channel headquartered in a sprawling suburb of India’s c...
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Verizon to buy out Vodaphone’s stake in companySep 03, 2013 7:48 am - NEW YORK — Verizon will own its wireless business outright after agreeing Monday to pay $130 billion for the 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless owned by British cellph...
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Naked Wines offering ‘Fine Wine Bonds’ to raise 3 million poundsSep 02, 2013 9:09 am - Naked Wines UK, which has invested more than 25 million pounds ($39 million) in independent winemakers since 2008, is planning to raise 3 million pounds by issuing what ...
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