Business Stories from May 9, 2014 (Change date)
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Obama: 300 companies, governments committed to solarMay 10, 2014 8:35 am - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Flanked by bargain-priced displays of women's wear and patio lighting, President Barack Obama came to a Wal-Mart store in Silicon Valley on Frida...
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McDonald's tests seasoned french friesMay 09, 2014 4:28 pm - Associated Press Oak Brook-based McDonald's says it plans to start testing seasoned french fries at select U.S. locations starting Friday. The world's biggest hamburger ...
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Ill. officials: Loggers illegally harvested timberMay 09, 2014 4:28 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A logging company will pay a conservation group $75,000 for illegally harvesting timber from a northern Illinois nature preserve. The Illinois Department ...
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Dow inches up to record closeMay 10, 2014 8:34 am - NEW YORK - The Dow Jones industrial average hit a record on Friday, but without much conviction after a choppy day of trading during which investors couldn't make up the...
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Cogent blames Comcast for prior Netflix slowdownMay 10, 2014 9:54 am - The chief executive of one of the nation's largest providers of the Internet's backbone on Thursday blamed cable giant Comcast for a slowdown in Netflix streaming traffi...
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Detergent pulled in Germany over neo-Nazi codeMay 10, 2014 8:34 am - BERLIN - Procter & Gamble has apologized for "any false connotations" after stirring anger in Germany for unintentionally placing a neo-Nazi code on promotional packages...
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Ford recalls 692,487 SUVs, carsMay 09, 2014 4:52 pm - Ford Motor Co. recalled almost 700,000 Escape SUVs and C-MAX hybrid cars to fix a defect that could prevent air bags from deploying in a rollover crash. The resolution i...
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$13,280 in stolen goods sold for $200, Mt. Prospect Police sayMay 10, 2014 11:30 pm - Mount Prospect police have charged two men with felony theft after they took a large quantity of metal concrete forms and parts from a storage yard, according to police ...
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Akorn plans $440M acquisition of VersaPharmMay 10, 2014 8:36 am - Lake Forest-based Akorn Inc. has announced plans to spend $440 million in cash to buy the parent company of fellow generic drugmaker VersaPharm Inc. less than a month af...
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FAA: Airliner had near-miss with droneMay 09, 2014 7:17 pm - An unmanned aircraft almost struck a US Airways flight over Florida in March, a pilot told the Federal Aviation Administration, highlighting safety concerns as U.S. regu...