Business Stories from November 21, 2012 (Change date)
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Schaumburg convention center business improving, but concern loomsNov 22, 2012 6:35 am - Schaumburg officials are predicting a mild improvement in business at the Renaissance Hotel and Schaumburg Convention Center to continue in 2013 — so long as the dreaded...
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Northwest Community Healthcare CEO announces retirementNov 24, 2012 12:40 pm - Northwest Community Healthcare President and CEO Bruce Crowther announced this week he will retire at the end of 2013, ending more than two decades at the helm of the Ar...
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2 ex-confidants of British PM face bribery chargesNov 21, 2012 1:10 pm - LONDON — Two former confidants of Britain’s prime minister have been charged with conspiring to pay public officials in exchange for stories and information — the latest...
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NLRB still investigating Wal-Mart disputeNov 21, 2012 10:19 pm - NEW YORK — Federal labor officials said Tuesday they don’t expect to decide before Thursday on whether to seek an injunction on behalf of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to stop a ...
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Hostess judge approves request to wind down Twinkie makerNov 22, 2012 6:35 am - WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A bankruptcy court judge on Wednesday approved a request by Hostess Brands Inc. to begin winding down its operations. The ruling came Wednesday afte...
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Former publisher of UT San Diego dies in car crashNov 21, 2012 1:10 pm - SAN DIEGO — David Copley, the last in a line of San Diego Union-Tribune publishers and owners from a family who dominated the city’s media for more than eight decades, d...
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Naperville council again delays Water Street voteNov 22, 2012 6:35 am - Not even a shiny red fire truck could help them make up their minds. Naperville City Council members spent four hours Tuesday debating the proposed Water Street project ...
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EU’s 2014-2020 budget battle poses ‘major threat,’ Barroso saysNov 21, 2012 7:22 am - A fight over the future European Union budget risks provoking political rifts across the region, the head of the EU’s executive arm warned a day before government leader...
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UK still borrowing more than plannedNov 21, 2012 1:11 pm - LONDON — The British government continued to borrow more than planned in October as corporation tax collections fell sharply in the wake of a nine-month recession, offic...
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Oil up to above $87 after Tel Aviv bus explosionNov 21, 2012 7:22 am - The price of oil rebounded slightly to above $87 a barrel on Wednesday after an explosion injured 10 people on a bus in Tel Aviv, a development that has the potential to...