Business Stories from December 27, 2013 (Change date)
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Takeda shares drop after scrapping development of diabetes drugDec 28, 2013 8:37 am - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Asia’s largest drugmaker with U.S. headquarters in Deerfield, scrapped development of a diabetes drug after failing to show the medicine’s ben...
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Chicago's Drake Hotel gets new lighted signDec 27, 2013 6:21 pm - One of the more noticeable sites along Chicago's Lake Shore Drive has gotten a face lift. WBEZ radio reports that the Drake Hotel's bright, gothic-scripted sign has been...
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Lack of customers dooms many Cuban businessesDec 28, 2013 8:36 am - HAVANA — The dented metal pizza trays are packed away, so too the old blender that never worked when it was needed. Gone is the sweet smell of rising dough that infused ...
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Delta to honor extremely cheap mistake faresDec 28, 2013 8:37 am - Some lucky fliers capitalized on a computer glitch Thursday and scored some really cheap flights on Delta Air Lines. From about 10 a.m. to noon ET, certain Delta fares o...
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Obama reversal on health plan gets mixed reviewsDec 27, 2013 6:21 pm - President Barack Obama’s decision a month ago that allowed people to keep insurance policies once slated for cancellation under the federal health overhaul has received ...
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Suit filed in Chicago over Target security breachDec 28, 2013 8:37 am - At least one Illinois resident has joined those suing Target after the retail giant disclosed hackers stole millions of customer accounts. Chicago-area woman Chandra Mc...
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Alderman to sponsor job fair for Chicago breweryDec 27, 2013 6:21 pm - Chicago Alderman Jason Ervin is hosting a job fair for a craft-beer brewery that is opening in Chicago. Ervin says the Lagunitas Brewing Company is in the process of op...
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A bumpy 2013 erodes America’s ‘superpower’ statusDec 27, 2013 5:00 am - To many around the world, it made little sense: The world’s most powerful government, so mired in dysfunction that it couldn’t operate. The world’s defender of individua...
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$42.5 million approved for Chicago's Circle InterchangeDec 27, 2013 5:15 pm - More money has been approved to redo Chicago's Circle Interchange. Gov. Pat Quinn announced Thursday that he has released $42.5 million for the ongoing project. The tota...
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America in 2013: Impressions from around the worldDec 28, 2013 3:06 pm - How have events of the past year — namely the U.S. government shutdown, the NSA spying eruption and the conflict in Syria — helped shape the world's view of America? Ass...