Business Stories from December 11, 2013 (Change date)
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Key support for budget deal; deficits would riseDec 12, 2013 6:59 am - WASHINGTON — A newly minted budget deal to avert future government shutdowns gained important ground Wednesday among House Republicans who are more accustomed to brinkma...
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Boeing official talks with Wash. machinistsDec 12, 2013 6:50 am - SEATTLE — The chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes met Tuesday with union leaders of the machinists who last month rejected the company's offer of a contract t...
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Feds: More than 7,000 Illinoisans select health plansDec 12, 2013 6:59 am - More than 7,000 Illinois residents signed up for private insurance coverage in the first two months of the troubled HealthCare.gov website, less than 30 percent of the f...
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Office Depot move raises tax-break issue againDec 12, 2013 6:50 am - Illinois will lose 1,600 jobs after Office Depot said Tuesday that it will keep its headquarters in Florida after its merger with Naperville-based OfficeMax. The move co...
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Chicago asks where bike-sharing stations should beDec 11, 2013 8:22 pm - Chicago's new bicycle-sharing program is asking city residents where the next 175 sidewalk docking stations should be located. The Divvy program with its bright blue bik...
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Illinois names scientists to new state positionsDec 11, 2013 8:22 pm - CHMPAIGN — Seven scientists have been appointed to state-scientist positions at the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois. A news release form the ins...
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Illinois trying to land new Boeing facilityDec 12, 2013 6:50 am - Illinois is among the states trying to land Boeing's new aircraft manufacturing plant. The Chicago-based company is choosing a location to build its new 400-seat 777X je...
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NW Ind. county council opposes Illiana ExpresswayDec 11, 2013 6:52 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. — A northwestern Indiana county council has passed a resolution opposing the proposed 47-mile tollway linking Interstate 65 with I-55 south of Chicago....
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Yoga room opens at Chicago's O'Hare airportDec 11, 2013 8:22 pm - Find your zen air travelers: Chicago's O'Hare International Airport now has a yoga room. The Chicago Department of Aviation announced Tuesday that the airport yoga room ...
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Pay gains for young women; inequality still seenDec 12, 2013 6:50 am - WASHINGTON — About 75 percent of young women believe the U.S. needs to do more to bring about equality in the workplace, a new study finds, despite a narrowing pay gap a...