Business Stories from February 27, 2014 (Change date)
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Sears 4Q loss narrows as it lowers expensesFeb 28, 2014 8:29 am - NEW YORK - Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. reported a hefty loss in the fourth-quarter on a 14 percent sales drop, as the beleaguered retailer continues to st...
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Workplace safety conference planned in PeoriaFeb 27, 2014 5:29 am - PEORIA - A daylong conference for workplace safety professionals will be held next week in Peoria. The Downstate Illinois Occupational Safety and Health Day is plann...
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Kohl's 4Q profit falls, but tops Street's viewFeb 27, 2014 8:52 am - MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. - Kohl's said Thursday that its fiscal fourth-quarter net income fell 12 percent, hurt by one less week in the period and a drop in a key sales bar...
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Graphite mining increasing to meet tech needsFeb 27, 2014 10:22 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Tear apart an electric car's rechargeable battery and you'll find a mineral normally associated with No. 2 pencils. It's graphite. And experts say t...
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S&P 500 index closes at a record highFeb 27, 2014 3:30 pm - NEW YORK - After knocking on the door all week, the stock market logged a record on Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index had moved above its previous all-time high ...
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Best Buy returns to profit in 4th quarterFeb 27, 2014 8:51 am - MINNEAPOLIS - Best Buy returned to a profit in the fourth quarter and topped Wall Street expectations as it cut costs to offset declining sales. The specialty electronic...
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Pollution panel weighing new rules for coal ashFeb 27, 2014 5:06 pm - SPRINGFIELD - An Illinois pollution panel is gathering public input on proposed rules that would require stricter monitoring of groundwater near coal-ash ponds throughou...
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IMF 'ready to respond' to Ukraine's aid bidFeb 27, 2014 8:51 am - BRUSSELS - The International Monetary Fund says it is "ready to respond" to Ukraine's bid for financial assistance. In the IMF's first official statement on Ukraine sin...
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ECC, Harper College partner on Hanover Park facilityFeb 28, 2014 9:33 am - Two suburban community colleges are branching out to Hanover Park with a new facility aimed at confronting unemployment. Harper College and Elgin Community College hope ...
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Report: UK spies intercept webcam pics, nudityFeb 27, 2014 6:19 pm - LONDON - Britain's signals intelligence division is stealing screenshots from hundreds of thousands of innocent Yahoo users' webcam videos, according to the Guardian new...