Business Stories from March 21, 2014 (Change date)
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Illinois jobless rate holds steady at 8.7 percentMar 21, 2014 10:25 am - Unemployment held steady across Illinois in February at 8.7 percent, the state Department of Employment Security said Thursday. The statewide jobless rate was unchanged ...
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An early gain fades on Wall StreetMar 22, 2014 8:58 am - NEW YORK - An early surge on the stock market evaporated Friday, as health care stocks tugged major indexes down. Biotech companies were especially hard-hit after U.S. ...
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Minimum wage bill passes Illinois Senate committeeMar 21, 2014 3:58 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A plan to raise Illinois' minimum wage is heading to the Senate floor. State Sen. Kimberly Lightford's legislation to increase the wage from $8.25 to $10.6...
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E-Trade's talking baby goes bye-byeMar 22, 2014 8:58 am - NEW YORK - The E-Trade baby will finally stop talking. In the investor site's new ad, the baby - who looks like a harmless, adorable tot but talks like a character out o...
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GM CEO Barra to testify at House hearing on recallMar 21, 2014 8:35 am - General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra will testify next month at a hearing by a House panel investigating the delayed recall of 1.6 million small GM cars. The investigative ...
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Russian stocks down as banks suffer amid sanctionsMar 21, 2014 7:37 pm - MOSCOW - Russia conceded Friday that it may scrap plans to tap international markets for money this year as it counts the cost of the sanctions imposed in the wake of th...
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Microsoft says it snooped on Hotmail to track leakMar 21, 2014 8:35 am - Microsoft Corp., which has skewered rival Google Inc. for going through customer emails to deliver ads, acknowledged Thursday it had searched emails in a blogger's Hotma...
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With health law, workers ponder the I-Quit optionMar 22, 2014 8:58 am - CHICAGO - For uninsured people, the nation's new health care law may offer an escape from worry about unexpected, astronomical medical bills. But for Stephanie Payne of ...
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Dist. 54 hires builders for Early Childhood CenterMar 21, 2014 6:04 pm - With the first wave of construction contracts approved Thursday, work will begin next week on the conversion of Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54's Rauch Center...
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EU's new sanctions target Putin inner circleMar 22, 2014 8:58 am - BRUSSELS - The European Union's new sanctions announced Friday will hit the inner circle of President Vladimir Putin, including a deputy prime minister, two presidential...