Business Stories from February 5, 2013 (Change date)
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Disney working on stand-alone ‘Star Wars’ filmsFeb 07, 2013 11:14 am - LOS ANGELES — Disney is mining The Force for even more new films. Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger said Tuesday that screenwriters Larry Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are working...
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New GLMV Chamber chief has roots in the business communityFeb 06, 2013 9:47 am - The new director of the GLMV Chamber of Commerce brings a hometown feel to a position that has had its share of turnover the past few years. Ray Mullen, a Mundelein resi...
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Full-price wing at Gurnee Mills:Feb 05, 2013 4:40 pm - Construction has started on a full-price wing at Gurnee Mills, mall officials announced Tuesday. Scheduled to debut in conjunction with the grand opening of Macy’s in Ju...
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Stocks rebound on home prices, earnings; Dow up 99Feb 06, 2013 6:32 am - NEW YORK — The stock market bounced back Tuesday following a surge in U.S. home prices and signs of recovery in Europe’s economy. Strong earnings reports also helped pow...
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Business, unions negotiating guest worker programFeb 06, 2013 6:32 am - WASHINGTON — Business leaders and labor union officials are delving into high-stakes negotiations over a particularly contentious element of immigration reform — a guest...
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CBO: Budget deficit estimated at $845 billionFeb 06, 2013 10:07 am - WASHINGTON — The federal budget deficit will drop below $1 trillion for the first time in President Barack Obama's tenure in office, a new report said Tuesday. The Congr...
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Deal with Cubs brings more NU football to WrigleyFeb 06, 2013 4:44 pm - The Cubs have a five-year plan to renovate historic Wrigley Field, and now Northwestern University has a plan to play five more college football games there and a longte...
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Madigan commends federal government suing S&PFeb 06, 2013 9:28 am - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says the federal lawsuit against Standard & Poor's echoes a lawsuit she's already filed. Madigan is in Washington as officials de...
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Pew: Majority of Facebook users have taken breakFeb 06, 2013 6:32 am - NEW YORK — Too much drama, boredom and scads of irrelevant information are just some of the reasons Facebook users give for taking a break from the world's biggest socia...
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UK: Surveillance devices to monitor Web trafficFeb 05, 2013 8:32 pm - LONDON — The U.K. plans to install an unspecified number of spy devices along the country’s telecommunications network to monitor Britons’ use of overseas services such ...
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