Business Stories from August 7, 2014 (Change date)
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Wisconsin invites companies to join trade tripAug 07, 2014 6:09 pm - MADISON, Wis. - Gov. Scott Walker's economic development agency is inviting Wisconsin companies on an overseas trade trip later this year. The Wisconsin Economic Develop...
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Batavia council advances plan for Speedway stationAug 08, 2014 8:21 am - Batavia city officials are poised to approve plans to build a Speedway gasoline station at Wilson Street and Kirk Road. The council, meeting as a committee of the whole ...
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United's app now includes passport scanning for quicker check-inAug 08, 2014 7:02 pm - While 13 million customers have already downloaded the United Airlines app, they likely have found a new feature on it this week. Users can now scan their passports to c...
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Oil boom and housing bust alter U.S. spending trendsAug 08, 2014 8:21 am - WASHINGTON - North Dakotans, enriched by an oil boom, stepped up their spending at triple the national pace in the three years that followed the Great Recession. In Neva...
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30 coins from 19th century to sell at Rosemont auctionAug 08, 2014 8:20 am - DALLAS - Thirty coins stamped by the U.S. Mint in the 19th century to test designs and metals are expected to sell at an auction in Rosemont today for more than $300,000...
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ECB leaves rates on hold as Ukraine crisis loomsAug 07, 2014 4:54 pm - FRANKFURT, Germany - The European Central Bank has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low of 0.15 percent as the crisis in Ukraine casts a shadow ove...
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T-Mobile US owner sees no offers that beat standalone valueAug 07, 2014 8:12 am - Deutsche Telekom AG, which controls the fourth-largest U.S. wireless operator T-Mobile US Inc., hasn't received any offers for the business that exceed its standalone va...
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New H&M opens at Lombard's Yorktown CenterAug 08, 2014 8:21 am - An international retailer has opened at The Shops on Butterfield at Lombard's Yorktown Center. More than 150 people lined up in front of the H&M clothing store Thursday ...
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Fannie Mae will pay treasury $3.7 billion after quarterly profitAug 07, 2014 6:09 pm - Fannie Mae will give the Treasury Department $3.7 billion next month after the largest financier of U.S. mortgages posted its 10th-consecutive quarterly profit. Washingt...
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Stocks decline on concerns about global growthAug 08, 2014 8:21 am - NEW YORK - Concerns about slowing global growth and the threat of rising tensions between Russia and the West pushed stocks lower on Thursday. The stock market started ...