Business Stories from June 3, 2014 (Change date)
-
Teacher absences cost students, districtsJun 03, 2014 1:00 pm - About one in six teachers in some of the country's largest public school districts are out of the classroom at least 18 days, or more than 10 percent of the time, for il...
-
Huntley may help fund downtown facade improvementsJun 03, 2014 5:20 pm - Huntley village officials may start a facade improvement grant program to help businesses and property owners in the core downtown area and along the Route 47 corridor. ...
-
Obama's emissions plan could boost climate talksJun 03, 2014 5:46 pm - BRUSSELS - President Barack Obama's move to limit U.S. carbon emissions may prompt an important shift by China in its climate policies, where officials are increasingly ...
-
Childhood friends opening restaurant in downtown ElginJun 10, 2014 3:22 pm - Tyrrell Tomlin and Iran Garcia say they know exactly how to make a hit out of their new eatery in downtown Elgin: offer something that's sorely needed. They believe that...
-
Before recalls, safety was low in GM hierarchyJun 04, 2014 8:30 am - DETROIT — To understand how General Motors allowed a problem with a small part to balloon into a crisis, look at the organization chart. As of early last year, the direc...
-
Nielsen now measuring TV show tweetsJun 04, 2014 6:04 am - AMC's “Breaking Bad” is the champion of a new television metric: more second-screen activity on Twitter than any other TV series this past season. The Nielsen company, f...
-
FAA considers approving drones for filming moviesJun 03, 2014 2:28 pm - The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday it is considering giving permission to seven movie and television filming companies to use unmanned aircraft for aerial p...
-
Power plant rules stoke Illinois fracking debateJun 05, 2014 9:15 am - The newly released federal plan to limit carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants triggered a new line of debate Tuesday over whether fracking in coal-rich ...
-
Hillshire to talk with Tyson, Pilgrim's PrideJun 04, 2014 9:36 am - NEW YORK — Chicago-based Hillshire Brands says it will hold separate talks with Pilgrim's Pride and Tyson Foods, as the two meat processing heavyweights engage in a bidd...
-
Seattle raises minimum wage; will others follow?Jun 04, 2014 8:43 am - SEATTLE — Seattle activists celebrated a successful campaign to gradually increase the city's minimum wage to $15 by calling for a national movement to close the income ...