Business Stories from December 15, 2013 (Change date)
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Wheeling cuts required storm water storage for developerDec 17, 2013 1:06 pm - The Wheeling Village Board Monday approved a reduction in the amount of compensatory stormwater storage a developer will need to provide for property in a flood plain al...
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U.N. study: Electrical waste up by third by 2017Dec 16, 2013 6:38 am - BERLIN — The mountain of refrigerators, cellphones, TV sets and other electrical waste disposed of annually worldwide is forecast to grow by a third by 2017, according t...
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Maybe not sci-fi, but robots readied for big testsDec 16, 2013 6:38 am - PENNSAUKEN, N.J. — The real world has not caught up yet with “Star Wars” and its talking, thinking robots, but some of the most sophisticated units that exist are headin...
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Coast Guard wants barges to ship fracking waterDec 16, 2013 10:34 am - PITTSBURGH — The U.S. Coast Guard wants to allow barges filled with fracking wastewater to ply the nation's rivers on their way toward disposal. Many environmentalists a...
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Mayor to address Des Plaines businessesDec 15, 2013 3:39 pm - Des Plaines Mayor Matt Bogusz and his staff will address the business community and review city accomplishments in 2013 and outline ideas and plans for 2014 for the Des ...
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Liquor producers experiment with exclusive boozeDec 16, 2013 7:02 am - SAN FRANCISCO — There’s something different about the gin and tonics they mix at Rickhouse bar on San Francisco’s Kearny St. And it tastes a lot like ... exclusivity. It...
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Detroit’s water drains away from ravaged pipesDec 15, 2013 3:30 pm - DETROIT — Torrents of water spew from broken pipes in Detroit’s Crosman School, cascading down stairs before pooling on the warped tile of what was once a basketball cou...
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Once-frothy Nasdaq tries to reach dot-com peakDec 16, 2013 6:38 am - NEW YORK — It takes a long time to recover from a bad hangover, especially when you party like it’s 1999. The Nasdaq Composite is up 35 percent this year, but while othe...
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How Volcker Rule would limit banks’ risky betsDec 15, 2013 3:30 pm - WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators have approved a rule that seeks to defuse the kind of risk-taking on Wall Street that helped trigger the 2008 financial crisis. The Volcker ...
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Fact Checker: GOP leader’s healthcare claimsDec 16, 2013 6:38 am - “Obamacare does not even address the issue of costs. In fact, it exacerbates the problem and causes 85 percent of Americans who had health insurance and who liked it ext...
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