Business Stories from December 31, 2013 (Change date)
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Walgreen to fill prescriptions for those who don’t have coverage yetJan 01, 2014 6:01 am - Deerfield-based Walgreen Co. will fill prescriptions at no upfront cost to some patients who don’t have all the information they need for coverage received through the h...
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Petersen announces coaching staff at WashingtonDec 31, 2013 9:54 am - SEATTLE — Chris Petersen announced his first coaching staff at Washington on Monday with most of his Boise State staff joining him in Seattle. Eight coaches who worke...
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Netflix ends anti-takeover measure 2 years earlyDec 31, 2013 6:33 am - LOS GATOS, Calif. — Netflix says it’s ending a move meant to help ward off hostile takeovers almost two years early. The online video company adopted the shareholder ri...
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Signed contracts to buy US homes level offJan 01, 2014 6:01 am - The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy existing homes in November was essentially unchanged from October, suggesting sales are stabilizing after several mon...
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Cracker Barrel says it won't consider a saleJan 01, 2014 6:01 am - LEBANON, Tenn. — Cracker Barrel says it won't consider selling itself, rejecting a push from its biggest shareholder. The company said Monday that it will continue pursu...
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Pension holders push Machinists to drop pensionsDec 31, 2013 3:48 pm - SEATTLE — Machinists in Puget Sound are under pressure to accept a Boeing contract offer that moves them away from pension plans, and much of that pressure is coming fro...
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Netflix plans 50 pct pay hike for CEO HastingsDec 31, 2013 7:25 am - LOS GATOS, Calif. — Netflix Chairman and CEO Reed Hastings is getting a 50 percent pay bump in 2014 after a year in which shares of the online video subscription company...
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Cooper Tire ends buyout agreement with ApolloJan 01, 2014 6:01 am - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is calling off its sale to India’s Apollo Tyres, unraveling a $2.2 billion deal announced just over six months ago. Cooper said financing is no ...
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Is creativity destined to fade with age?Jan 03, 2014 4:54 am - Doris Lessing, the freewheeling Nobel Prize-winning writer on racism, colonialism, feminism and communism who died recently at age 94, was prolific for most of her life....
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Chicago Botanic Garden has 1million visitors this yearJan 01, 2014 8:17 am - The Chicago Botanic Garden has drawn 1 million visitors in a calendar year for the first time ever. The garden in the northern Chicago suburb of Glencoe says it hit the ...