Business Stories from November 30, 2012 (Change date)
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Italian government moves to keep steel plant openNov 30, 2012 8:59 am - MILAN — The Italian government is preparing measures aimed at avoiding the closure of a steel plant that is Europe’s largest by capacity and has been the subject of a he...
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Light bulb maker Osram cutting 4,700 jobsDec 01, 2012 12:09 pm - BERLIN — German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG’s light bulb unit, Osram, says it is cutting 4,700 additional jobs in its drive to save costs and phase out older tech...
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Sandy slowed U.S. consumer spending and pay in Oct.Dec 01, 2012 12:09 pm - WASHINGTON — Americans cut back on spending last month while their income remained flat. The weakness in part reflected disruptions from Superstorm Sandy that could slow...
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Talk resuming in LA-Long Beach harbors strikeNov 30, 2012 9:52 am - LOS ANGELES — Labor talks are resuming in an effort to end a strike that shut down most of the terminals at the nation’s busiest port complex, the Los Angeles and Long B...
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J&J board picks CEO to replace retiring chairmanNov 30, 2012 9:52 am - NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Johnson & Johnson Chairman Bill Weldon will step down from that post in late December and the world’s biggest maker of health products has picked n...
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New look for Water Street plans in NapervilleDec 03, 2012 10:30 am - A proposed development that could change the face of downtown Naperville is undergoing some changes itself before its next date with the city council. Representatives o...
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Families want workers held in Elk Grove raid releasedDec 01, 2012 2:34 pm - Sylvia Guerrero was shocked Thursday to get a call informing her that immigration authorities had taken her husband and son from an Elk Grove Village factory to an unkno...
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AP: Strauss-Kahn, NY hotel maid to settleNov 30, 2012 12:15 pm - NEW YORK — Word of a settlement agreement between former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a hotel maid who accused him of trying to rape her ...
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Menard to fly Wis. workers in to staff ND storeNov 30, 2012 5:57 pm - BISMARCK, N.D. — Home improvement retailer Menard Inc. says it will hire workers from its home base in Wisconsin and fly them to North Dakota to staff a store in Minot, ...
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Congress looks at doing away with the $1 billDec 01, 2012 1:43 pm - WASHINGTON — American consumers have shown about as much appetite for the $1 coin as kids do their spinach. They may not know what’s best for them either. Congressional ...