Business Stories from June 17, 2014 (Change date)
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Obama's economic focus seeks to unify DemocratsJun 18, 2014 8:35 am - WASHINGTON - This was the year President Obama would go all in on the economy, elevating the struggles of the poor and the middle class to the top of his agenda. But tha...
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Lawmakers: IRS claims more lost emails in tea party probeJun 18, 2014 8:04 am - WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service has lost more emails connected to the tea party investigation, congressional investigators said Tuesday. The IRS said last Frid...
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Portland approves shopping bag fee, foam banJun 17, 2014 1:36 pm - PORTLAND, Maine - The Portland City Council has approved ordinances that charge consumers a nickel for disposable shopping bags and bans polystyrene foam food and bevera...
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Shaky stats fuel power plant debateJun 17, 2014 12:43 pm - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's new pollution limits for power plants have set off an avalanche of information about what the rules will cost, how they will affect...
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Stocks close higher as banks gain on rising ratesJun 18, 2014 8:04 am - Stocks rebounded from a downbeat start Tuesday, building on small gains for the third day in a row. News that U.S. consumer prices jumped sharply in May drove up long-te...
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FDA prepares long-awaited plan to reduce saltJun 18, 2014 8:04 am - WASHINGTON - Food companies and restaurants could soon face government pressure to make their foods less salty - a long-awaited federal effort to try to prevent thousand...
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Firm gets tax breaks, agrees to stay in IllinoisJun 17, 2014 4:08 pm - ROSCOE - A northern Illinois manufacturer that said it was considering moving to Wisconsin will instead move from one Illinois town to another after the state agreed to ...
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New version of Boeing 787 gets regulatory OKJun 18, 2014 8:04 am - Chicago-based Boeing Co. said Monday that U.S. and European regulators have approved its newest and larger version of the 787 passenger jet for commercial flying. The co...
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Obama setting aside massive Pacific Ocean preserveJun 18, 2014 8:04 am - WASHINGTON - Vowing to protect fragile marine life, President Barack Obama acted Tuesday to create the world's largest ocean preserve by expanding a national monument hi...
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Sales of Nest smoke detector resume at lower priceJun 17, 2014 8:39 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Google's Nest Labs is resuming sales and lowering the price of a high-tech smoke detector that was pulled from the market after malfunctioning. The new p...