Business Stories from December 22, 2013 (Change date)
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Apple reaches deal to bring iPhone to China MobileDec 23, 2013 6:18 am - NEW YORK — Apple says it has reached a deal to bring the iPhone to China Mobile, the world’s biggest phone carrier. The deal ends a lengthy courtship and could boost sa...
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Shaw acquiring Joliet Herald-News newspaperDec 24, 2013 6:49 am - Wrapports LLC, the parent company of the Chicago Sun-Times, plans to sell the Joliet Herald-News to Dixon-based newspaper publisher B.F. Shaw Printing Co. The pending sa...
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Health plan sticker shock ahead for some buyersDec 23, 2013 6:18 am - As a key enrollment deadline hits Monday, many people without health insurance have been sizing up policies on the new government health care marketplace and making what...
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Weak U.S. card security made Target a juicy targetDec 23, 2013 6:18 am - NEW YORK — The U.S. is the juiciest target for hackers hunting credit card information. And experts say incidents like the recent data theft at Target’s stores will get ...
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Cutting U.S. trade settlement time to two days under studyDec 22, 2013 6:25 am - NEW YORK — U.S. stock and bond investors would have their trades settled in two days instead of three under a proposal that Wall Street firms are reviewing. Depository T...
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Misleading CEO pay-for-performance numbers targeted by SEC ruleDec 22, 2013 6:10 am - WASHINGTON — With its stock price depressed and shareholders objecting to how much its top officers were paid, Weatherford International worked to show that its chief ex...
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Seven ways to keep moving costs lowDec 22, 2013 5:52 pm - It’s the time of year when many people are thinking about making big changes, and few can cause more stress than moving. Job-related relocations typically begin picking ...
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Investors are giving some stock pickers a chanceDec 23, 2013 6:18 am - NEW YORK — Stock pickers are getting respect again. Well, some of them. Respect in investing often is measured in dollars, and investors this year have been putting mon...
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At 61 she lives in basement while her 87-year-old dad travels the worldDec 23, 2013 6:18 am - NEW YORK — Eighty-seven-year-old Lew Manchester has just returned from a three-week trip touring Buddhist temples in Laos and cruising the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. His 6...
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Looking back on 2013’s small business challengesDec 22, 2013 5:52 pm - NEW YORK — Small business owners are probably glad to put 2013 into the books. For many, it was a frustrating year of waiting. Waiting to learn about the new health car...
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