Business Stories from August 23, 2012 (Change date)
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Boeing loses 35 dreamliners orders from Qantas after delaysAug 24, 2012 12:23 am - Boeing Co. lost 35 orders for 787-9 planes, the biggest Dreamliner cancellation, after Qantas Airways Ltd. scrapped a contract after delivery delays and losses on intern...
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Allstate hires Gupta to challenge Buffett's Gecko, LeBron JamesAug 23, 2012 5:53 pm - Sanjay Gupta, who led the rebranding of Ally Financial Inc.'s bank, is joining Allstate Corp. as the insurer competes with Geico Corp.'s gecko mascot and Progressive Cor...
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Niles company resolves discrimination claimAug 24, 2012 7:59 am - The Justice Department has announced a settlement with a Niles company resolving a discrimination claim. The agreement with MicroLink Devices settles allegations that th...
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Oil prices up on hopes for US central bank actionAug 23, 2012 8:56 am - LONDON — Crude prices rose to nearly $98 per barrel Thursday, with oil markets being driven by hopes that the Federal Reserve is leaning toward action to help the U.S. e...
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Drought could produce good wine in MidwestAug 24, 2012 7:49 am - HERMANN, Mo. — Most of the grapes in Glenn Warnebold’s vineyard in Missouri’s picturesque wine country are about two-thirds of their usual size. Others have been reduced...
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Jurors to resume deliberations in Apple Samsung caseAug 23, 2012 1:37 pm - SAN JOSE, Calif. — Jurors were set to begin their second day of deliberations Thursday in a multibillion dollar patent infringement case pitting Apple against Samsung ov...
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Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital cuts jobsAug 24, 2012 7:49 am - Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital says it has laid off about 230 employees over the past month in an effort to reduce costs. The hospital said in a statement Wed...
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USDA, McDonald's suspend slaughterhouse buysAug 24, 2012 5:20 am - FRESNO, Calif. — Federal officials say nothing they have seen so far in covert video shot in a California slaughterhouse shows meat from cows that may have been sick mad...
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Infrastructure problems disrupt Internet to SyriaAug 23, 2012 11:28 am - ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s telecommunications company says its Internet services to neighboring Syria have come to a halt due to infrastructure problems in the war-torn c...
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Fed signals readiness to add stimulus without U.S. PickupAug 23, 2012 11:28 am - Federal Reserve policy makers signaled readiness to boost record stimulus unless they are convinced the economy is poised to rebound. Recent signs of strength may not be...