Business Stories from November 21, 2014 (Change date)
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Payroll gain in U.S. Is widespread as hiring rises in 38 statesNov 21, 2014 9:28 am - Payrolls rose in 38 states in October and the unemployment rate declined in 34, showing the healing in the labor market is widespread. California led the country with a ...
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Uber's Michael said to retain support amid remarksNov 22, 2014 5:49 am - Emil Michael, the Uber Technologies Inc. executive whose criticisms of journalists led to calls for his firing this week, is so far withstanding that pressure. That's be...
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Barbie under attack after book gaffe, rival dollNov 22, 2014 5:49 am - Mattel Inc.'s Barbie is facing a double dose of flak this week after a book featuring her was branded as sexist and a new rival doll with more realistic looks -- includi...
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Fall harvest nearly complete in central IllinoisNov 22, 2014 5:49 am - PEORIA, Ill. - A successful harvest season is wrapping up in central Illinois as farmers finish gathering their corn and soybean crops from the fields. The U.S. Departm...
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Fed faces pressure to rein in wall street commodity businessesNov 21, 2014 1:08 pm - The Federal Reserve faces pressure to restrict Wall Street's control over commodities such as oil, aluminum and coal after lawmakers said banks tried to exploit rules an...
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McDonald's meat supplier suffering collateral damageNov 22, 2014 5:49 am - Not even Marfrig Global Foods SA, the Oak Brook-based McDonald's Corp. hamburger meat supplier that's won upgrades from two ratings companies in the past five weeks, cou...
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Jobless rates fall in two-thirds of U.S. statesNov 22, 2014 5:49 am - WASHINGTON - Unemployment rates fell in 34 U.S. states in October, a sign that steady hiring this year has been broadly dispersed through most of the country. The Labor ...
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'Light Up Mainstreet' to enhance holidays in LibertyvilleNov 22, 2014 5:49 am - The holiday atmosphere in downtown Libertyville will get a boost this year with the return of a little more sparkle. After an absence of many years, white lights again w...
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Alibaba said to get $43 billion of orders in debut bond offeringNov 21, 2014 1:08 pm - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has $43 billion of orders from investors in a debut bond offering, more than five times what the company was said to be seeking, people with ...
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EPA said to drop renewable fuel quotas planned for 2014Nov 21, 2014 9:29 am - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today will abandon its proposed rule setting renewable- fuel targets for 2014, according to people familiar with the decision. T...
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