Business Stories from June 6, 2014 (Change date)
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U.S. employers add 217,000 jobs, rate stays at 6.3 pctJun 07, 2014 8:54 am - U.S. employers hired at a healthy pace in May for a fourth straight month, fueling hopes the economy will accelerate after a grim start to the year. The Labor Departmen...
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More than 200,000 Illinois job openings postedJun 07, 2014 8:54 am - Illinois officials say ads for more than 200,000 job openings were posted online in May and 85 percent of them were for full-time work. The state Department of Employme...
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Durbin: Senate committee OKs Thomson prison fundsJun 07, 2014 8:54 am - Durbin: Senate committee OKs Thomson prison funds U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved almost $48 million to help equip and staff ...
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Gurnee school, business celebrates National Doughnut DayJun 06, 2014 9:28 pm - The 97th anniversary of National Doughnut Day was marked with, what else? Doughnuts. Gurnee Donuts teamed up with Computer Systems Institute in Gurnee on Friday and deli...
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Coca-Cola ad cites calories, exerciseJun 07, 2014 8:54 am - NEW YORK - Coca-Cola is taking on obesity, this time with an online video showing how fun it could be to burn off the 140 calories in a can of its soda. In the ad, the w...
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South Elgin sues defunct developer over road, homeowner duesJun 06, 2014 7:08 pm - The village of South Elgin has filed a lawsuit seeking $400,000 plus fines for code violations from a developer who it said it was going to build 16 high-end homes on si...
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Hoffman Estates Chamber fishing derby SaturdayJun 06, 2014 7:58 pm - The Hoffman Estates Chamber of Commerce will host its 19th annual Community Fishing Derby from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at South Ridge Lake, 1450 Freeman Road ...
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North Aurora making rules on medical marijuana businessesJun 07, 2014 8:51 pm - Can you imagine a medical marijuana dispensary next to the JCPenney, or a stone's throw from the police station, in North Aurora? The village, which has to allow such di...
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UPS names company veteran as next CEOJun 07, 2014 8:54 am - ATLANTA - Package-delivery giant UPS has named a longtime company veteran as its next CEO. The company said Friday that Chief Operating Officer David Abney will take the...
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Clinton chafed at GOP push to abolish CommerceJun 07, 2014 10:08 am - WASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton mused that congressional Republicans wanted to abolish a federal agency because it was headed by a black man, and his administ...
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