Business Stories from October 31, 2013 (Change date)
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Cary man gets five years in fraud schemeNov 01, 2013 4:34 pm - Federal authorities announced Thursday that a Cary business owner was sentenced to more than five years in prison for an international fraud scheme. On Thursday, in fede...
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Chicago families sue over soot from petcoke pilesNov 01, 2013 6:05 pm - In an Oct. 31 story about a lawsuit demanding that six companies contain dust from piles of a black oil byproduct, The Associated Press erroneously reported which compan...
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No October jinx this time for the stock marketNov 01, 2013 6:25 am - NEW YORK — October, with its history of big crashes on Wall Street, didn’t scare off investors this time. To the contrary, the stock market seemed unstoppable. The Stand...
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Unsold Dominick’s to close Dec. 28Nov 01, 2013 4:25 pm - Dominick’s supermarkets will close Dec. 28 if individual stores haven’t been sold by then, the company said in a memo to employees Thursday. Employees will lose their j...
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Legislation would require Decatur jobs in ADM dealOct 31, 2013 4:41 pm - SPRINGFIELD — New legislation would bring jobs to Decatur as a condition for Archer Daniels Midland Co. to receive state incentives it wants to keep its headquarters in ...
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Belgian pleads not guilty to violating export lawOct 31, 2013 4:52 pm - A 36-year-old Belgian businessman has pleaded not guilty to trying to ship products that could be used in nuclear-related programs from a Schaumburg company to Malaysia,...
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Lowe, father of IBM personal computer, dies at 72Nov 01, 2013 6:25 am - William C. Lowe had a bold idea: IBM should develop a personal computer that could be mass marketed, expanding the company’s reach beyond businesses and into people’s ho...
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Interactive menu devices hit suburban restaurantsNov 01, 2013 4:25 pm - Regular customers of Chili's in Naperville, Rosemont and other suburban locations likely have noticed a new, upgraded interactive menu on their table. Instead of using a...
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Food stamp cuts kick in as Congress debates moreNov 01, 2013 8:17 am - WASHINGTON — More than 47 million Americans who receive food stamps will see their benefits go down starting Friday, just as Congress has begun negotiations on further c...
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UK hacking prosecutor: Brooks, Coulson had affairNov 01, 2013 8:17 am - LONDON — In a blockbuster declaration at Britain’s phone hacking trial, a prosecutor said two of Rupert Murdoch’s senior tabloid executives — Rebekah Brooks and Andy Cou...
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