Business Stories from August 18, 2014 (Change date)
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INTREN sponsors MEA's 91st annual Gas Operations SummitAug 19, 2014 9:33 pm - UNION, ILL.: INTREN continued its commitment to strengthening the company's gas utility division as a platinum sponsor and featured exhibitor at the Midwest Energy Assoc...
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Patient advocates say insurers avoiding the sickAug 18, 2014 5:32 pm - WASHINGTON - Ending insurance discrimination against the sick was a central goal of the nation's health care overhaul, but leading patient groups say that promise is bei...
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Part-time workers a full-time headache on Yellen radarAug 18, 2014 12:25 pm - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has a stubborn warning light blinking on her labor market dashboard: A group of Americans larger than Washington state's population ca...
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Cisco's 6,000 job cuts drown out EZchip profitsAug 19, 2014 8:13 am - EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. reported double-digit earnings and sales growth last week, beating analysts' estimates for a second straight quarter. Stock investors barely se...
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Audit shows Illinois overdrew millions in federal Medicaid moneyAug 18, 2014 7:23 pm - Illinois used faulty methods for withdrawing federal Medicaid money, resulting in "a perpetual 'treadmill effect"' of regular overdraws of dollars that the state later h...
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Faster food at Manila minimarts challenges McDonald'sAug 18, 2014 2:52 pm - At lunchtime in Manila, Isha Vida avoids fast-food restaurants and joins thousands of other workers and students buying ready-made meals at minimarts across the Philipp...
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State hearing focuses on cutting greenhouse gasesAug 19, 2014 8:12 am - Illinois regulators on Monday began formal hearings on how the state should meet tougher federal limits on pollutants blamed for global warming, saying they will consult...
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EU pledges $168m to offset Russia sanctions costAug 19, 2014 8:12 am - Associcated Press BRUSSELS - The European Commission is pledging 125 million euros ($168 million) to assist fruit and vegetable producers hit by Russia's ban on food imp...
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Consumer sentiment in U.S. fell in August to nine-month lowAug 18, 2014 6:58 pm - American consumer confidence unexpectedly declined in August to a nine-month low, repressed by gloomy wage perceptions. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan prelim...
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Dollar General enters bidding for Family DollarAug 18, 2014 6:58 pm - GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. - There's now a bidding war for Family Dollar, with Dollar General offering about $8.95 billion for the discounter in an effort to trump Dollar Tr...
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