Business Stories from August 20, 2014 (Change date)
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Stocks advance for third day, despite Fed minutesAug 21, 2014 7:56 am - NEW YORK - The stock market rose for a third straight day Wednesday despite a report from the Federal Reserve that showed a growing chorus of central bank officials will...
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Macy's to pay $650,000 in shopper-profiling probeAug 20, 2014 10:13 am - ALBANY, N.Y. - The retailer Macy's has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle allegations of racial profiling at its flagship store in Manhattan's Herald Square. Under the a...
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East Dundee, Carpentersville continue Wal-Mart feudAug 21, 2014 5:31 pm - The feud over a new Wal-Mart Supercenter proposed for Carpentersville continued this week as East Dundee filed a lawsuit arguing Carpentersville had withheld information...
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Florida firm acquires Golf Mill property for $60 millionAug 21, 2014 7:56 am - The majority of the Golf Mill Shopping Center property in Niles has been sold to Palm Beach, Florida-based Sterling Organization for $60 million, the company announced W...
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Staples to shut 140 North American stores in 2014 as sales stallAug 21, 2014 7:56 am - Staples Inc. plans to shut about 140 stores in North America this year as the office-supply retailer responds to online competition that has hurt sales. Staples shut 80 ...
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