Business Stories from February 7, 2014 (Change date)
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Quinn announces Barrington Rd. interchange fundingFeb 08, 2014 7:34 am - Gov. Pat Quinn, U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth and many other elected and appointed officials were in Hoffman Estates Friday morning for the announcement of a $68 million fun...
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Obama signing farm bill trimming food stampsFeb 07, 2014 2:06 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is carrying out a presidential duty that he hasn’t had a lot of opportunity to perform recently: signing into law a major piece of bi...
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E-buzz: Snowplow service expands hereFeb 08, 2014 8:05 am - ByteGrid Holdings LLC acquired a data center in Aurora. BladeRoom USA is building a new data center in Mount Prospect. They’re among more data centers expected to op...
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Stocks move higher after unemployment rate fallsFeb 07, 2014 8:19 am - The U.S. stock market is moving higher in early trading after the government reported a decline in the unemployment rate last month. Earnings gains from several U.S. co...
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Pa. vendor confirms link to Target data probeFeb 07, 2014 8:20 am - PITTSBURGH — Minneapolis-based Target isn’t commenting on reports that a Pittsburgh-area heating and refrigeration company is being investigated as the possible portal t...
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Every device you use touches a data center, and more are expected hereFeb 07, 2014 1:02 pm - ByteGrid Holdings LLC acquired a data center in Aurora. BladeRoom USA is building a new data center in Mount Prospect. They're among more data centers expected to op...
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Weak jobs report offers hint of optimismFeb 08, 2014 8:05 am - WASHINGTON — A second straight month of weak job growth renewed concerns Friday that the vigor displayed by the American economy late last year may be gone, at least for...
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Yogurt spat throws off routines of U.S. OlympiansFeb 08, 2014 8:05 am - SOCHI, Russia — U.S. Olympians will have to make do without the team’s official yogurt — depriving them of a source of protein and potentially disturbing their daily rou...
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Apple said to take $14B bite of stock via buybackFeb 07, 2014 9:28 pm - Apple has reportedly repurchased $14 billion of its stock in the two weeks after its first-quarter financials and second-quarter revenue outlook disappointed investors. ...
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Applications for U.S. jobless benefits fall to 331,000Feb 07, 2014 3:50 pm - The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits declined 20,000 last week to 331,000, suggesting that Americans are facing fewer layoffs and better job pros...