Business Stories from May 23, 2014 (Change date)
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Visa, MasterCard renew push for chip cardsMay 24, 2014 9:34 am - NEW YORK - Visa and MasterCard are renewing a push to speed the adoption of microchips into U.S. credit and debit cards in the wake of recent high-profile data breaches,...
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New system to track Illinois caregivers' hoursMay 23, 2014 7:57 am - SPRINGFIELD - The work of caregivers in the Illinois Home Services Program will be monitored by a new electronic timekeeping system. Illinois Department of Human Service...
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Tamale plant closed over rodent droppingsMay 23, 2014 6:06 pm - METAMORA, Ill. - State officials have shut down a western Illinois tamale plant after finding what they say were unsanitary food-handling conditions. The Illinois Depart...
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State court allows 'pink slime' lawsuit to proceedMay 24, 2014 9:35 am - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - ABC's news anchor Diane Sawyer, two of the network's correspondents and other defendants in a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit against the company re...
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Great Lakes get more funding in Senate water billMay 23, 2014 4:34 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - At least 10 percent of all federal funding for harbor improvement projects will go to the Great Lakes region under newly approved congressional l...
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S&P 500 closes hits record closeMay 24, 2014 9:33 am - Call it the Great Slog. Stocks are bumbling along this year after a gangbuster 2013. The upward grind is underscored by the Standard & Poor's 500 index, which closed ab...
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Chicago plans $784 million bond sale for Midway AirportMay 24, 2014 9:34 am - Chicago plans to offer about $784 million of airport-revenue bonds next week for projects including work on runways at city-run Midway International. The borrowing for C...
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Weak electronics sales pressure Best Buy, SearsMay 24, 2014 9:35 am - NEW YORK - Is America's love affair with gadgets fading? Best Buy and Sears on Thursday both blamed their weak quarterly results on the fact that shoppers aren't shellin...
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Best Buy posts profit on cost-cutting, tax benefitMay 23, 2014 1:05 am - MINNEAPOLIS - Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy said Thursday that a big tax benefit and cost-cutting pushed it to a profit in its fiscal first quarter. Adjusted e...
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Bill seeks to jump-start 'fracking' in IllinoisMay 23, 2014 8:26 pm - SPRINGFIELD - An Illinois lawmaker has introduced a proposal to jump-start hydraulic fracturing in the state after industry groups have complained of delays in the rule-...