Business Stories from April 10, 2014 (Change date)
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Breaking up is not so hard to do at Baxter to SafewayApr 11, 2014 7:46 am - Companies are breaking up like never before. A record 28 U.S. spinoffs were announced in the first three months of the year, the most in one quarter since at least 2002,...
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GM puts 2 engineers on paid leave in recall caseApr 11, 2014 5:31 am - General Motors has placed two engineers on paid leave as an outside attorney investigates why the company took more than a decade to recall millions of small cars for an...
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Rosemont unveils new branding campaignApr 11, 2014 1:50 pm - Rosemont officials on Thursday unveiled a new branding campaign and tagline to help market its bustling entertainment district and nearby offerings. The new logo, design...
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Putin: Ukraine debt threatens Europe gas suppliesApr 10, 2014 7:15 pm - MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin warned Europe on Thursday that it may face a shutdown of Russian natural gas supplies if it fails to help Ukraine settle its enormous Russian gas...
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EBay, Icahn settle proxy fightApr 10, 2014 9:00 am - SAN JOSE, Calif. - Carl Icahn is backing down from his push to remake eBay, settling an acrimonious dispute just ahead of what promised to be an awkward annual sharehol...
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UIC faculty authorizes second strikeApr 10, 2014 2:33 pm - The faculty union at the University of Illinois-Chicago says its members have voted to go ahead with a second strike if negotiations with the university fail to yield an...
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Heartbleed bug causes major security headacheApr 11, 2014 7:46 am - SAN FRANCISCO - A confounding computer bug called "Heartbleed" is causing major security headaches across the Internet as websites scramble to fix the problem and Web su...
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Applications for jobless aid dip 32,000 to 300,000Apr 11, 2014 7:46 am - WASHINGTON - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in almost seven years, falling 32,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted...
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Military academies take on NSAApr 10, 2014 10:50 am - WEST POINT, N.Y. - If Douglas MacArthur or Ulysses S. Grant went to the U.S. Military Academy today, they might be testing their defensive skills hunched in front of a c...
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JPMorgan awarded CEO Jamie Dimon $11.8M last yearApr 11, 2014 7:46 am - LOS ANGELES - JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon's total compensation fell 37 percent last year to $11.8 million as the nation's largest investment bank g...