Business Stories from August 12, 2011 (Change date)
-
Sears debuts interactive, online seriesAug 12, 2011 9:01 am - Hoffman Estates-bases Sears on Sunday will debut an interactive online series called “Screw D,” about a totally inept guy sent to Craftsman boot camps to learn do-it-you...
-
Peep's Hot Dogs closes tonightAug 14, 2011 9:10 am - Peep's Hot Dogs, a restaurant that has served all kinds of fast food to generations of students and staff from Hersey, St. Viator and Prospect high schools, will close f...
-
ConocoPhillips Buys Diesel in Europe; Gasoil Rises: Oil Products c.2011 Bloomberg NewsAug 12, 2011 12:12 pm - Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) -- ConocoPhillips bought a cargo of diesel in northwest Europe from Morgan Stanley. Barges of the ultra-low-sulfur grade traded at a cheaper price th...
-
Dow finishes wild week; is the madness over?Aug 13, 2011 7:49 am - NEW YORK — The wildest week in Wall Street history ended with a second day of gains. The Dow Jones industrial average finished Friday with a gain of 125 points. Most oth...
-
Health-care mandate ruled unconstitutionalAug 13, 2011 7:29 am - President Barack Obama's health-care reform law's provision requiring individuals obtain coverage “exceeds Congress's commerce power” and is unconstitutional, a U.S. app...
-
SEC opens whistle-blower website as Dodd-Frank program beginsAug 12, 2011 12:12 pm - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, trying to encourage employees to report corporate wrong-doing, opened a website today to gather tips as its new bounty progr...
-
U.K. police wathdog opens probe of officer in News Corp.Aug 12, 2011 12:12 pm - Britain’s police watchdog said it’s probing claims that an officer in Surrey, England, leaked information about an investigation into a schoolgirl’s murder in 2002 to Ne...
-
Canada stocks fall after financials erase gainAug 12, 2011 2:21 pm - Canadian stocks declined as financial shares erased an earlier gain and gold producers fell. The Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index slipped 14.69 points, or 0.1 perce...
-
U.S. Seeks As Much as 46 Months in Prison For Lawyer Goldfarb c.2011 Bloomberg NewsAug 12, 2011 2:02 pm - Aug. 12 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. prosecutors are seeking a sentence of as much as 46 months in prison for lawyer Jason Goldfarb, who pleaded guilty to passing inside informat...
-
China’s enthusiasm for high-speed rail stallsAug 14, 2011 6:01 am - BEIJING — China’s infatuation with high-speed rail soured at bullet train velocity. Six months ago, the rail network was a success symbol and the basis of a planned high...
Showing 1-10 of 30
next