Business Stories from May 13, 2014 (Change date)
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U.S. producer prices jumped 0.6 percent in AprilMay 14, 2014 10:06 am - WASHINGTON - The prices U.S. companies receive for their goods and services rose by the most in seven months in April, led by more expensive food and higher retail and w...
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Preckwinkle touts county's business resources at suburban eventMay 13, 2014 5:33 pm - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle told a suburban audience Tuesday county officials are creating "an arsenal of tools and incentives" for businesses. "We want...
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Where do the political elite meet? Behind closed doorsMay 13, 2014 11:19 pm - ATLANTA - For a few days in March, the American Enterprise Institute welcomed scores of business and political leaders to a private annual meeting at a resort on the Geo...
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Schaumburg Boomers host business communityMay 14, 2014 7:55 am - The defending Frontier League-champion Schaumburg Boomers hosted the Schaumburg Business Association's monthly "Good Morning, Schaumburg" event Tuesday at Boomers Stadiu...
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European court: Google must yield on personal infoMay 13, 2014 4:34 pm - AMSTERDAM - Google and other search engines were thrust into an unwanted new role Tuesday - caretaker of people's reputations - when Europe's highest court ruled that in...
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Small business owners still cautious, surveys findMay 14, 2014 7:55 am - Small business owners are keeping a cautious approach to running their companies even as they grow more optimistic. Surveys released Tuesday by Wells Fargo & Co. and Ba...
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Airbus plane orders down in Q1, profits upMay 14, 2014 7:55 am - PARIS - Airbus Group said Tuesday that orders for its jets slumped in the first quarter, but profits rose and it hopes to put its A350 long-range jet into service by the...
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2nd guilty plea in $100M New York Ponzi scamMay 13, 2014 8:00 am - CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - A second New York businessman pleaded guilty for his role in a $100 million Ponzi scheme that helped fund what prosecutors called a failing Hampto...
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S&P 500 flirts with 1,900, but falls shortMay 14, 2014 7:55 am - NEW YORK - The Standard & Poor's 500 index is flirting with a new milestone: 1,900. The index briefly climbed above that level on Tuesday before dropping back to close j...
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The doctor's in - through webcam, smartphoneMay 13, 2014 2:50 pm - Associated Press WASHINGTON - Mark Matulaitis holds out his arms so the Parkinson's specialist can check his tremors. But this is no doctor's office: Matulaitis sits in ...