Business Stories from January 4, 2013 (Change date)
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Army Corps tamps down barge worries on MississippiJan 05, 2013 8:27 am - ST. LOUIS — Efforts taken to keep a crucial stretch of the drought-starved Mississippi River open to barge traffic should be sufficient to avert a shipping shutdown that...
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Maine lobster catch up, value downJan 05, 2013 8:27 am - PORTLAND, Maine — The state’s lobster catch surged 18 percent last year for another record, but a marketplace glut depressed the value of its signature seafood, causing ...
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Bluefin tuna sells for record $1.76 millionJan 05, 2013 8:27 am - Associated Press TOKYO — A Bluefin tuna has sold for a record $1.76 million at a Tokyo auction, nearly three times the previous high set last year. In the year’s first a...
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Spaceport wants protections from tourist lawsuitsJan 05, 2013 8:27 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Spaceport America officials are urging legislators to limit potential lawsuits from wealthy outer space tourists who take off from New Mexico, saying...
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Target ads blend fashion and groceriesJan 05, 2013 8:27 am - NEW YORK — Is Target’s grocery aisle ready for its close up? Target is pushing its food, laundry detergent and other groceries in a national ad campaign that pokes fun a...
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Oak Brook company wins injunction on birth control mandateJan 04, 2013 3:21 pm - A federal judge in Chicago has temporarily blocked the U.S. government from requiring a Oak Brook-based, for-profit company to provide its workers with health insurance ...
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Quinn: Shifting pension costs to schools put offJan 05, 2013 1:33 pm - A controversial plan to have local schools pay for teachers’ pensions will be put off for now, Gov. Pat Quinn said Friday. Just one day before what is expected to be a m...
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Illinois tollway revenue up in 2012, despite boycott threatsJan 05, 2013 2:30 pm - They swore to boycott the Illinois tollway after rates spiked in 2012, but everything from bad weather to kamikaze deer to sheer convenience kept many drivers on toll ro...
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Spring Hill Mall losing three businessesJan 05, 2013 1:49 pm - Two stores have left and a third is exiting Spring Hill Mall in West Dundee, but mall managers say “exciting” new tenants are on the way. Two retailers left the mall ju...
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E. Dundee businessman, village negotiating reimbursementJan 05, 2013 5:59 pm - East Dundee leaders are taking a more active role in making sure that a local businessman, who had to shut down for two weeks, is made whole again. Randy Klemm, owner of...
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