Business Stories from February 18, 2014 (Change date)
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Budget office: Wage hike would lift pay, could cost 500,000 jobsFeb 18, 2014 3:15 pm - WASHINGTON - Boosting the federal minimum wage as President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are proposing would increase earnings for more than 16.5 million peo...
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Good Shepherd Auxiliary scholarship:Feb 18, 2014 4:21 pm - Students who reside in the Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital service area who will attend or currently attend a college or university pursuing a degree in a health related...
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Grayslake OKs new approval process for massage businessesFeb 19, 2014 5:08 am - While Grayslake has new regulations governing massage businesses that want to open there, they are not as strict as original recommendations received by the village boar...
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3 former bankers charged in UK in rates probeFeb 18, 2014 12:05 am - LONDON - Britain's Serious Fraud Office is charging three former Barclays employees in a scandal related to the rigging of a key market interest rate. Authorities say cr...
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Boeing picks Everett to build 777X wingsFeb 19, 2014 8:02 am - Chicagoo-based Boeing says that it has picked Everett, Wash., as the site to build wings for its new 777X aircraft. The company said Tuesday that the wing center will ...
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Newcomer vintners shaking up Chilean wine sceneFeb 18, 2014 7:29 am - MAULE VALLEY, Chile — Sven Bruchfeld doesn't mind if you don't like his wine, as long as some people love it. He's part of a bold new wave of independent vintners who ar...
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'Candy' Crush Saga' maker King Digital plans IPOFeb 18, 2014 7:02 am - The maker of the blockbuster mobile game “Candy Crush Saga” will attempt to raise as much as $500 million in an initial public offering. King Digital Entertainment PLC...
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Heinen's Fine Foods to open in BannockburnFeb 20, 2014 6:53 am - Heinen's Fine Foods said Tuesday that it has leased a 62,000-square-foot anchor store at Bannockburn Green shopping center in Bannockburn, joining other grocers plan...
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Brewery hopes to open this summer in downtown WheatonFeb 21, 2014 4:47 am - After working as a pharmacist for nearly a decade, Ben Sampson was ready to try something different. By June, Sampson hopes to open a brewery and tasting room called Dry...
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Colorado pot aids kids with seizures, worries doctorsFeb 19, 2014 5:26 am - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The doctors were out of ideas to help 5-year-old Charlotte Figi. Suffering from a rare genetic disorder, she had as many as 300 grand mal seiz...