Business Stories from February 20, 2013 (Change date)
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Winery experiments with aging wine in oceanFeb 20, 2013 3:32 pm - CHARLESTON, S.C. — A small boat with four cases of California wine has left Charleston Harbor and will submerge the wine in the ocean for three months to age it. Napa Va...
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Yahoo redesign aims to make site more invitingFeb 20, 2013 12:48 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is renovating the main entry into its website in an effort to get people to visit more frequently and stay longer. The long-awaited makeover of Yah...
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Grounded Boeings costs LOT airline $50,000 a dayFeb 20, 2013 11:50 am - WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s government says that LOT Polish Airlines is losing $50,000 a day due to the grounding of its two Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes. LOT, a deeply in...
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Bartlett man accused of stealing from Walgreens wants computers, cash returnedFeb 20, 2013 9:43 pm - A Bartlett man accused of stealing more than $100,000 in computer equipment from Walgreen Co. is asking to have two laptop computers, an iPhone and about $25,000 in cash...
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‘The Biggest Loser’ to open new resort in ItascaFeb 22, 2013 5:49 am - The long-running NBC weight loss competition show, “The Biggest Loser,” will open a new, upscale resort in Itasca, the resort’s parent company, Fitness Ridge Worldwide, ...
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Stanford University is 1st college to raise $1BFeb 20, 2013 4:07 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Stanford University has set a new record for college fundraising, becoming the first school to collect more than $1 billion in a single year, according t...
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Pentagon notifies Congress of likely furloughsFeb 20, 2013 9:18 am - WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress on Wednesday that if automatic government spending cuts kick in on March 1 he may be compelled to furlough the ...
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Lawsuit filed to block Addus HomeCare business saleFeb 20, 2013 9:05 am - PRNewswire A lawsuit has been filed to block Palatine-based Addus HomeCare’s sale of its home health division to LHG Group. Advantage Health Systems filed the lawsuit in...
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Academy honors Motorola mobile phone pioneerFeb 20, 2013 9:05 am - PRNewswire The National Academy of Engineering named Martin Cooper, leader of the Libertyville Motorola team that developed the first mobile phone, as the recipient of t...
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Navistar Defense gets $23 million deal to outfit Afghan forcesFeb 21, 2013 7:36 am - Lisle-based Navistar Defense has received a $23 million order from the U.S. Army to retrofit 205 armored cabs onto Navistar Medium Tactical Vehicles currently designated...