Business Stories from November 27, 2012 (Change date)
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Rolling Meadows icon faces demolitionNov 28, 2012 4:13 pm - Gino’s East, a Rolling Meadows icon for more than a quarter century, will be moving, the building demolished and replaced with a new Panera Bread. The restaurant at 1321...
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Record Powerball result of changes to boost salesNov 28, 2012 1:26 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa — The historic Powerball jackpot boosted to $500 million on Tuesday was all part of a plan lottery officials put in place early this year to build jackp...
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Marvin Miller changed sports foreverNov 28, 2012 1:26 pm - The most important man in sports in the past 40 years died at age 95 on Tuesday. Marvin Miller, whose union won free agency for baseball players in 1975 and thus eventua...
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Schaumburg mayor praises departing Woodfield managerNov 28, 2012 1:42 pm - Schaumburg’s economic well-being has been tied to Woodfield Mall for more than 40 years. Mayor Al Larson says he wouldn’t have wanted anyone else in charge of such an im...
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Apple fires maps manager as flaws hurt iPhone debutNov 27, 2012 10:22 pm - Apple Inc. has fired the manager responsible for its troubled mapping software, seeking to win back the trust of users disappointed after the program debuted in Septembe...
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UN climate scientist: Sandy no coincidenceNov 28, 2012 6:58 am - DOHA, Qatar — Though it’s tricky to link a single weather event to climate change, Hurricane Sandy was “probably not a coincidence” but an example of the extreme weather...
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Hewlett-Packard: Evidence of accounting improprietiesNov 28, 2012 6:58 am - Mike Lynch, the former chief executive officer of Autonomy Corp., called on Hewlett-Packard Co.’s board to explain its allegations that Autonomy falsified financial stat...
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Wiseman-Hughes suburban home builder James Hughes dies at 91Nov 28, 2012 6:58 am - A man who spent a lifetime building thousands of homes throughout the West and South suburbs is being remembered for his devotion to providing quality products. James P....
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Home prices increase in most major U.S. citiesNov 28, 2012 9:26 am - WASHINGTON — Home prices increased in September in most major U.S. cities, more evidence of a housing recovery that is providing a lift to the fragile economy. Standard...
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Former baseball union head Miller dead at 95Nov 27, 2012 11:26 pm - NEW YORK — Marvin Miller, the soft-spoken union head who led baseball players in a series of strikes and legal battles that won free agency, revolutionized sports and ma...
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