Business Stories from May 18, 2016 (Change date)
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Games, beer score points at Mount Prospect's Tokens & TankardsMay 24, 2016 10:25 am - At one table, a family played Jenga while eating dinner. The next table over, young men enjoyed Dungeons & Dragons with beer and appetizers. Others lingered with a drink...
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House GOP chairman introduces resolution to censure IRS headMay 18, 2016 12:30 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has introduced a resolution to censure IRS Commissioner John Koskinen (KAHS'-kihn-i...
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Mitsubishi Motors president to resign over mileage scandalMay 18, 2016 6:30 am - TOKYO (AP) - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. President Tetsuro Aikawa said Wednesday that he will step down to take responsibility for the mileage cheating scandal unfolding at ...
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Oregon county says no to Nestle water-bottling plantMay 18, 2016 1:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Voters in an Oregon county imposed a ban on commercial water bottling on Tuesday, killing a plan in which Nestle would have built a water-bottling ...
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Amtrak victims: Investigative findings hard to believeMay 18, 2016 3:01 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Victims of last year's deadly Amtrak derailment aren't buying the findings of federal investigators that the train's engineer likely lost his bearings ...
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Correction: US-Nielsens-List storyMay 18, 2016 4:05 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - In a story May 17 about Nielsen ratings, The Associated Press reported erroneously that "The Voice" had 9.8 million viewers. It had 9.82 million viewers....
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New jobs at Newport News shipyard tied to submarine programMay 18, 2016 9:01 am - NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) - Newport News Shipbuilding is planning to eventually add more than 1,000 jobs to help build a new fleet of ballistic missile submarines for th...
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Record crushed, diamond intact: Oppenheimer Blue draws $58MMay 18, 2016 4:00 pm - GENEVA (AP) - The "Oppenheimer Blue" diamond sold Wednesday for more than 56.8 million Swiss francs ($58.2 million) including fees, crushing the previous record for the ...
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UN report: By 2030 two-thirds of world will live in citiesMay 18, 2016 5:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A new U.N. report is forecasting that by 2030 two-thirds of the world's population will be living in cities, the urban population in developing countries...
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Poll: Americans more upbeat about own finances than economyMay 18, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans are of two minds about the economy in the midst of an election race that largely hinges on the issue. They are strikingly pessimistic about t...
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