Business Stories from February 14, 2014 (Change date)
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United Stationers 4Q sales fall, but earnings upFeb 14, 2014 3:50 pm - Deerfield-based United Stationers reported its fourth quarter 2013 earnings per share increased 6.2 percent over the same period last year, despite a 1.6 percent decreas...
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Chicago Executive Airport gets $5.3M in state moneyFeb 14, 2014 5:28 pm - Associated Press Chicago Executive Airport is receiving $5.3 million in state money to make safety improvements. Gov. Pat Quinn announced the funding for Chicago Executi...
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Debt vote in Senate kept from public viewFeb 14, 2014 11:07 am - Financial markets were watching, the retirement accounts of millions of Americans on the line. Nervous senators were watching too, well aware that political fortunes co...
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Health plans don't cover weight loss surgeryFeb 14, 2014 10:15 pm - WASHINGTON - While the number of obese Americans persists at record levels, the number of patients undergoing weight loss surgery hasn't budged in a decade. Last year, a...
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Economic growth picks up across EuropeFeb 14, 2014 10:29 am - BRUSSELS - Economic growth across the eurozone was stronger than expected at the end of 2013, according to official figures released Friday, raising hopes the recovery i...
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Jack Daniel's club planned at Allstate ArenaFeb 15, 2014 3:37 pm - You can already get a mixed drink at the Allstate Arena, but soon a certain type of whiskey will have a special place at concerts, basketball and hockey games, and other...
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Rosemont enacts 7th TIF district at Mannheim and HigginsFeb 15, 2014 9:35 am - Rosemont has created its seventh tax increment financing district with an eye toward redevelopment of vacant land near Mannheim and Higgins roads, though no solid propos...
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CDW sees 4.3 percent jump in 4Q salesFeb 15, 2014 9:35 am - Vernon Hills-based technology solutions provider CDW Corp., which went public in 2013, said fourth quarter 2013 sales were up 4.3 percent over the same period in 2013. F...
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Canceled! Airlines scrap record number of flightsFeb 14, 2014 5:47 pm - The relentless snow and ice storms this winter have led to the highest number of flight cancellations in more than 25 years, according to an analysis by The Associated ...
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Regulator: Sands hackers didn't steal credit cardsFeb 14, 2014 6:16 am - LAS VEGAS - A Nevada gambling regulator says the hackers who knocked down all Las Vegas Sands websites for two days and counting did not steal any patron data, including...