Business Stories from December 30, 2013 (Change date)
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Congress letting 55 tax breaks expire at year endDec 30, 2013 5:42 pm - WASHINGTON — In an almost annual ritual, Congress is letting a package of 55 popular tax breaks expire at the end of the year, creating uncertainty — once again — for mi...
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Holiday shutdown unsettles coal minersDec 31, 2013 4:51 am - FARMERSVILLE, Ill. — Just days before Christmas, Jeremy Jones was out of work — along with nearly 200 of his co-workers at a central Illinois coal mine. The timing was m...
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Stocks barely budge in quiet end-of-year tradingDec 31, 2013 6:35 am - NEW YORK — The stock market ended a quiet Monday mostly where it began as investors shut their books for what has been an extraordinary year on Wall Street. Traders had...
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Feds announce test sites for drone aircraftDec 31, 2013 7:57 am - LAS VEGAS — The Federal Aviation Administration announced six states on Monday that will develop test sites for drones, a critical next step for the march of the unmanne...
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Home electricity use in US falling to 2001 levelsDec 31, 2013 6:35 am - NEW YORK — The average amount of electricity consumed in U.S. homes has fallen to levels last seen more than a decade ago, back when the smartest device in people’s pock...
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Mondelez sells Snackwell’s brand; no termsDec 31, 2013 6:35 am - NEW YORK — Oreo and Ritz cracker maker Mondelez is selling its Snackwell’s cookies and snacks business to Back to Nature Foods, a company controlled by private equity fi...
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Federal health care sign-ups pass 1 million markDec 30, 2013 1:11 pm - The government's rehabilitated health insurance website has seen a December surge in customer sign-ups, pushing enrollment past the 1 million mark, the Obama administrat...
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The U.S. ranks 26th for life expectancy, right behind SloveniaDec 31, 2013 7:57 am - Back in the 1970s, Americans typically lived longer than people in other countries. Not anymore: A new report out from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Deve...
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Harry Potter stamp riles Postal Service panel, traditional stampDec 31, 2013 7:57 am - WASHINGTON — For more than half a century, a committee of cultural heavyweights has met behind closed doors, its deliberations kept secret, weighing the faces and images...
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Quinn sets priorities for 2014Dec 31, 2013 7:57 am - Gov. Pat Quinn won't say what he thinks should happen when an income tax increase is set to expire in January 2015. Quinn tells The Associated Press it'll have to be de...
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