Business Stories from July 31, 2012 (Change date)
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Home prices rose in all major U.S. cities in MayAug 01, 2012 5:46 am - WASHINGTON — Home prices rose in May from April in every city tracked by a leading index, a sign that increasing sales and tight inventories are supporting a modest hous...
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UBS hit by Facebook IPO lossAug 01, 2012 7:15 am - GENEVA — Shares in UBS plunged after the Swiss banking giant posted a worse-than-expected 58 percent fall in second-quarter profits Tuesday due to losses from the Facebo...
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U.S. consumer spending flat, income up 0.5 pct.Jul 31, 2012 1:59 pm - WASHINGTON — Americans spent no more in June than they did in May, even though their income grew at the fastest pace in three months. The lack of growth in spending fol...
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Stocks slip ahead of crucial Fed, ECB meetingsAug 01, 2012 7:15 am - NEW YORK — Stocks ended slightly lower Tuesday as investors held back ahead of three critical events this week: policy meetings at both the Federal Reserve and the Europ...
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Ace Hardware to open in BarringtonAug 04, 2012 1:47 am - Once again, Barrington has been able to rely on a local resident to help provide the village with a long demanded new business. Before it was Bryan McGonigal who helped ...
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Olympics awash in Twitter, for better or worseAug 01, 2012 7:15 am - LONDON — It's amazing how much trouble can be stirred up in 140 characters or less. But also how much intimacy, excitement, global scope and, yes, general zaniness. For ...
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India lets in Exxon Valdez if toxic disposal paidJul 31, 2012 9:14 am - NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court has allowed the Exxon Valdez, which caused one of the worst U.S. oil spills, to be dismantled in the country but required the owner to ...
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Editorial: The separation of business, politicsJul 31, 2012 8:21 am - We took a stand a few weeks ago in support of same-sex marriage. As a newspaper, we felt it important to speak out on one of the major social issues of the day and urge ...
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Ind. port workers unloading giant crane for BPJul 31, 2012 8:12 am - BURNS HARBOR, Ind. — Workers at the Port of Indiana on Lake Michigan are busy unloading an enormous crane that will help BP PLC complete the company’s $3.8 billion expan...
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Christmas tree growers lose seedlings to droughtJul 31, 2012 8:12 am - MADISON, Wis. — The drought has killed many of the newly-planted Christmas trees in southern Wisconsin. Growers say they’ll have to plant twice as many next year to mak...