Business Stories from June 2, 2014 (Change date)
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Obama: Power plant rule will shrink power pricesJun 02, 2014 9:50 pm - WASHINGTON - In a sweeping initiative to curb pollutants blamed for global warming, the Obama administration unveiled a plan Monday aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emiss...
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Philly Inquirer co-owner among 7 dead in jet crashJun 02, 2014 3:00 pm - BEDFORD, Mass. - Philadelphia Inquirer co-owner Lewis Katz was killed along with six other people in a fiery plane crash in Massachusetts, just days after reaching a de...
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TreeHouse completes acquisition of ProtenergyJun 03, 2014 8:45 am - Oak Brook-based TreeHouse Foods has completed its acquisition of Protenergy Natural Foods, a developer and manufacturer of premium quality food and beverage products. Tr...
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New allergy tablets offer alternative to shotsJun 03, 2014 8:53 am - TRENTON, N.J. - For decades, seasonal allergy sufferers had two therapy options to ease the misery of hay fever. They could swallow pills or squirt nasal sprays every d...
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Construction spending up 0.2 percent in AprilJun 02, 2014 5:00 pm - U.S. construction spending posted modest gains in April, driven by an uptick in home building and government construction that lifted total activity to the highest level...
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Naperville architect designer helps Navajo in UtahJun 02, 2014 10:44 am - Bruce George, president of Naperville-based Charles Vincent George Architects, has been a part of many residential, commercial and other building projects nationwide. Lo...
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Obama carbon rule: Surprise winners, losersJun 03, 2014 8:45 am - NEW YORK - Companies that generate electric power with anything other than coal - and companies that produce cleaner fuels or efficiency technologies - are likely to ben...
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Putin pauses as Russia volatility kills trade to investmentJun 02, 2014 5:00 pm - Vladimir Putin's territorial ambitions are bumping up against financial markets. As the Russian president plots his next move on Ukraine, investors are giving his inner ...
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Bristol-Myers, Merck immune therapy promising in cancer trialsJun 03, 2014 8:53 am - Kim Sherman was in bad shape a year ago after a lemon-sized melanoma tumor in her pelvis stopped responding to standard targeted therapy. By late June 2013, the pain fro...
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Regent Surgical opens center in OregonJun 02, 2014 10:08 am - WESTCHESTER - Surgery center management and development company Regent Surgical Health has opened Plaza Ambulatory Surgery Center, a joint venture between Regent, local ...