Business Stories from December 11, 2014 (Change date)
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Presence St. Joseph Hospital earns recognition from Joint CommissionDec 12, 2014 10:33 pm - Elgin, IL - Presence St. Joseph Hospital has once again been recognized as a 2013 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures® by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor ...
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42.9 million Americans have unpaid medical billsDec 12, 2014 7:47 am - WASHINGTON - Nearly 20 percent of U.S. consumers - 42.9 million people - have unpaid medical debts, according to a new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
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Congress puts potatoes on menu for low-income momsDec 11, 2014 3:27 pm - Associated Press WASHINGTON - It's another political victory for the popular potato. For the first time, low-income women would be able to pay for them with government-s...
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Retail sales report boosts stock marketDec 12, 2014 7:47 am - NEW YORK - Good news on U.S. retail sales lifted the stock market Thursday, although worries about the latest plunge in oil prices kept the gains in check. Investors are...
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Ye Olde Town Inn, Billy Goat latest restaurants to close in suburbsDec 13, 2014 8:02 am - Editor's note: A previous version of this story indicated that Family House Restaurant in Schaumburg closed in November. It opened in November. Ye Olde Town Inn and...
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Target customers face no harm-no foul argument in suitDec 11, 2014 3:28 pm - Millions of Target Corp. customers whose credit card data and identifying information was stolen by hackers face the prospect the retailer owes them nothing for their e...
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Democrats, Obama part on spending billDec 12, 2014 7:32 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON - Swapping crisis for compromise, the House narrowly approved $1.1 trillion in government-wide spending Thursday night after President Barack...
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Google News to go dark in Spain over 'Google Tax'Dec 11, 2014 8:30 am - MADRID - Google said Thursday it will shut down its Google News service in Spain to prevent publishers' content from appearing on it - ahead of a new law requiring the I...
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Box almost doubles revenue as startup weighs IPO timingDec 11, 2014 8:29 am - Box Inc. almost doubled revenue and narrowed its net loss in its most recent quarter, as the cloud- storage company continues to assess when to go public. For the three ...
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U.S. 30-Year bond return tops 25% in 2014 gainDec 11, 2014 8:29 am - Treasury 30-year bond returns are topping 25 percent for the first year since 2011, driven by the outlook for low inflation, before the U.S. sells $13 billion of the sec...
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