Business Stories from August 9, 2011 (Change date)
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Aug 11, 2011 1:57 pm - CHICAGO (AP) — Quinn uses veto power to propose ending lawmakers' power to award college scholarships ...
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Motorola Mobiity is 'completely open' to using WindowsAug 10, 2011 9:12 am - Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., maker of the Droid smartphone, “is completely open” to using Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software as an operating system even as it's focu...
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Mexico auto production increased 16.4% in July from year agoAug 09, 2011 9:15 am - Mexican production of cars and light trucks rose to 209, 534 units in July, a 16.4 percent increase from the same month a year earlier, the nation’s Automobile Industry ...
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Dow soars 429 points on Fed statementAug 10, 2011 9:12 am - NEW YORK — The Fed spoke — and financial markets rallied. The Dow Jones industrial average surged more than 429 points, its tenth highest point gain in history and the b...
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Beazer 3Q loss widens, closes on fewer homesAug 09, 2011 8:43 am - NEW YORK — Beazer Homes USA Inc. said Tuesday that its fiscal third-quarter loss widened as the homebuilder closed on fewer homes and incurred some charges. Homebuilders...
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Former White House event planner offers networking tipsAug 11, 2011 12:14 am - It's not every month that members of the Schaumburg Business Association hear about White House briefings and protocol for state dinners. But that was the case Tuesday, ...
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Libertyville considers settlement for former grocery siteAug 10, 2011 9:07 am - A settlement regarding the site of a failed grocery store planned for Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville could end the village's involvement in what has become a classic `...
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Elgin’s Middleby acquires Auto-BakeAug 10, 2011 9:12 am - The Middleby Corp. recently announced the acquisition of Auto-Bake, an Australian manufacturer of automated baking systems for the food processing industry. Auto-Bake h...
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When do you hand your teen the car keys?Aug 10, 2011 9:07 am - A recent national survey from Northbrook-based Allstate Insurance reveals that nearly six in 10 Americans favor a federal law that establishes minimum requirements for s...
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Times reporters get book deal on phone scandalAug 10, 2011 11:18 am - NEW YORK — Two New York Times reporters have a deal for a book about the phone hacking scandal that has shaken Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. London-based correspondent Sar...