Business Stories from March 5, 2014 (Change date)
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4 Chicago businesses cited for selling shark fin productsMar 06, 2014 6:24 am - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says four northern Illinois businesses have been cited for violating state law by selling products containing shark fins. Th...
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GOP, deficit hawks pan Obama's $3.9T budgetMar 05, 2014 11:05 am - WASHINGTON - Republicans are dismissing President Barack Obama's new $3.9 trillion budget as nothing more than a Democratic manifesto for this fall's congressional campa...
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Chicago aldermen want sick pay for all employeesMar 05, 2014 5:06 pm - Several Chicago aldermen are proposing an ordinance that would require employers in the city to provide paid sick days for their workers. The Chicago Sun-Times reports t...
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New power provider selected by Vernon Hills and six other townsMar 05, 2014 4:39 pm - Residents and small businesses in Vernon Hills and six other communities soon will get a new power provider, although the savings through the electrical aggregation prog...
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Court weighs securities fraud class-action casesMar 05, 2014 6:52 am - The Supreme Court is considering whether to abandon a quarter-century of precedent and make it tougher for investors to band together to sue corporations for securities...
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Obama budget seeks cuts in Great Lakes programMar 05, 2014 11:08 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - President Barack Obama's 2015 budget requests the least spending yet on a Great Lakes cleanup program his administration has championed, but an o...
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Facebook to delete posts for illegal gun salesMar 06, 2014 1:30 pm - ALBANY, N.Y. - Under pressure from gun control advocates, Facebook agreed Wednesday to delete posts from users selling illegal guns or offering weapons for sale without ...
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2 years later, Congress poised to undo flood lawMar 06, 2014 6:24 am - Less than two years after Congress approved a landmark bill to overhaul the federal flood insurance program, lawmakers are poised to undo many of the changes after homeo...
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Illinois officials link antibiotics misuse, superbugsMar 05, 2014 2:52 pm - Illinois health officials say most antibiotics prescribed in hospitals and nursing homes are unnecessary and their overuse has led to an increase in deadly superbugs. Th...
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Moody's downgrades Chicago's rating over pensionsMar 05, 2014 6:54 am - Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Chicago's credit rating, citing the city's unfunded pension liabilities. The agency announced Tuesday it's lowering the rating o...