Business Stories from March 6, 2017 (Change date)
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New Exxon chief enters the market, cautiouslyMar 07, 2017 10:59 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Darren Woods, the new CEO of Exxon Mobil, is a veteran of the more cautious refining side of the oil business who is likely to focus relentlessly on contr...
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Standard Life and Aberdeen agree on terms for mergerMar 07, 2017 5:19 am - LONDON (AP) - Investment firm Standard Life agreed Monday to buy Aberdeen Asset Management for 3.8 billion pounds ($4.7 billion) to create Britain's largest asset manage...
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Co-founder of digital publisher steps down as company chairMar 06, 2017 2:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A co-founder of the online book publisher Open Road Integrated Media is stepping down as chair and executive publisher. Jane Friedman will remain a compa...
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Scientists tweak seat cushion material to clean oil spillsMar 06, 2017 2:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Federal researchers have created a new tool to clean up oil spills by tinkering with the kind of foam found in seat cushions. The modified foam can soak ...
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Diminutive drag racer produces enormously fun driveMar 08, 2017 5:18 am - Small things can leave a big impression, just like "No Big Thing." It's a tiny blue Vespa 400 that was turned into a serious drag machine in the 1970s. Mark Cryer freque...
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Chick-fil-A to open new suburban location this weekMar 08, 2017 5:18 am - Chick-fil-A is opening its newest restaurant in Skokie near Old Orchard Mall Thursday. Franchise owner Michael Kim is launching the area's 25th chicken sandwich rest...
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HST president to receive STEP awardMar 07, 2017 9:14 am - ELK GROVE VILLAGE - The Manufacturing Institute award Kathryn Miller, president of HST Materials Inc., with the Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Enginee...
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Inland Home Mortgage hires Bokich as vice president, area managerMar 06, 2017 9:50 am - Inland Home Mortgage, a division of Oak Brook-based Inland Bank and Trust, has appointed Alex Bokich vice president and area manager. Bokich will be responsible for grow...
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Midwest Industrial Funds acquires 4 Batavia propertiesMar 07, 2017 9:14 am - OAK BROOK - Midwest Industrial Funds recently purchased a 106,000 square foot, four building multi-tenant portfolio in Batavia from a private seller. The properties are...
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Wheeling Prospect Heights chamber names new directorMar 08, 2017 5:15 am - The Wheeling Prospect Heights Chamber of Commerce & Industry has hired Neena Pottoore as executive director. Pottoore brings more than 10 years of previous chamber exper...