Business Stories from March 7, 2014 (Change date)
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Lab tests show Skittles had no unusual chemicalsMar 07, 2014 9:34 pm - INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana State Health Department has given Skittles a clean bill of health. The agency announced Thursday night that laboratory tests on packages of Or...
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Bristol Court Banquets in Mt. Prospect closesMar 11, 2014 1:49 pm - Bristol Court Banquet Hall in Mount Prospect closed unexpectedly this week, leaving future brides and grooms and others who planned an event there scrambling. The villag...
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Amcol becomes hot commodity as takeover war escalatesMar 07, 2014 5:36 pm - Traders are betting the hottest bidding war of 2014 isn't over, even after Hoffman Estates-basaed Amcol International Corp. lured its sixth increased offer in three week...
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Boeing freezing nonunion workers' pensions in 2016Mar 07, 2014 7:08 am - SEATTLE - Chicago-based Boeing Co. said Thursday it is freezing the traditional defined-benefit pensions for 68,000 nonunion employees - including managers and executive...
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Man said to create bitcoin denies itMar 07, 2014 7:03 pm - LOS ANGELES - Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto said Thursday that he is not the creator of bitcoin, adding further mystery to the story of how the world's most popular d...
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Taxis, limos upset over rules for tech competitionMar 08, 2014 8:16 am - Frustrated and angry, more than 100 cabbies pulled up outside the Colorado Statehouse early this legislative session to protest tech startups known as ridesharing servic...
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Snowden, Assange top bill at Texas tech gatheringMar 08, 2014 8:16 am - AUSTIN, Texas - Surveillance. Online privacy. Robots. Food processing. Wearable computers. To get a sense of what's on the minds of the tech industry's thinkers, leaders...
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Mt. Prospect OKs Walgreens liquor licensesMar 07, 2014 2:57 pm - Mount Prospect village board members this week approved a change in the liquor licenses for two Walgreens locations, at 1028 S. Elmhurst Road and 1701 E. Kensington Road...
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State Farm raises Illinois insurance ratesMar 08, 2014 9:32 am - BLOOMINGTON - Several years of severe weather is costing Illinois homeowners more for insurance through one major carrier. The Bloomington Pantagraph reports State Far...
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5 things to know about Google's mystery bargeMar 08, 2014 9:21 am - SAN FRANCISCO - A Google barge built with recycled shipping containers proved its seaworthiness Thursday as it cruised from the San Francisco Bay to Stockton. But many o...