Business Stories from March 25, 2014 (Change date)
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St. Charles resident achieves HyPerformance Silver AwardMar 26, 2014 7:55 pm - Joe Stetina, a Hydrotex® Division Partner in St. Charles, IL, has been awarded the HyPerformance Silver Sales Leadership Level and qualified for the 2014 Fantasy Trip. ...
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Effort seeks to train workers for manufacturing jobsMar 26, 2014 7:13 am - Educators, nonprofit leaders and business officials have joined forces to launch an initiative focused on helping unemployed and underemployed residents get manufacturin...
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Report: Payday loans can cost borrowers muchMar 25, 2014 3:10 pm - WASHINGTON - About half of all payday loans are made to people who extend the loans so many times they end up paying more in fees than the original amount they borrowed,...
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Beam stockholders OK acquisition by SuntoryMar 27, 2014 5:50 am - Stockholders of Deerfield-based spirits company Beam Inc. formally approved the $16 billion acquisition by Japan's Suntory Holdings. Each share of Beam common stock will...
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Walgreen 2Q profit slips on tough comparisonMar 27, 2014 5:50 am - Deerfield-based Walgreen's fiscal second quarter earnings slipped from a year ago as the nation's largest drugstore chain reaped a smaller benefit from generic drugs and...
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Lampert stops buying Sears IOUs as cash burnsMar 25, 2014 5:05 pm - Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. has relied on controlling shareholder Edward Lampert for years to help fund its operations. Now the billionaire is cutting out...
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Asian stocks muted, European markets gainMar 25, 2014 8:00 am - MANILA, Philippines - Asian stock markets were muted Tuesday with little news to excite investors, but European shares and U.S. futures were mostly higher. In early Euro...
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Stocks move higher on Wall Street; Sonic gainsMar 25, 2014 6:03 pm - NEW YORK - Stocks got a lift Tuesday as health care companies bounced back after a heavy sell-off. Biotechnology stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 index rose for the ...
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Novel analysis helped narrow Malaysian jet searchMar 25, 2014 10:05 am - HONG KONG - Investigators are closer to solving an international aviation mystery thanks to a British communications satellite and classroom physics. An analysis of fain...
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Risky IPO seeks new way to trade star athletesMar 25, 2014 5:07 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - Professional athletes frequently get traded to other teams, but San Francisco 49ers tight end Vernon Davis is about to be the first ever to be traded lik...
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