Business Stories from August 14, 2014 (Change date)
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Schaumburg adding two new eateries, StarbucksAug 15, 2014 8:22 am - A new Asian cuisine restaurant, an Egg Harbor Cafe and a Starbucks with a drive-through will soon join Schaumburg's existing array of eateries. Schaumburg trustees Tuesd...
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Perry headlines Willow Creek Leadership SummitAug 14, 2014 4:34 pm - Willow Creek Community Church's 20th annual Global Leadership Summit begins in South Barrington Thursday — an event which has evolved and expanded immensely since its re...
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U.S. EPA denies permit to store PCBs in landfillAug 14, 2014 7:20 am - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided against giving a chemical waste permit to a central Illinois landfill that would allow it to store PCB. In a stateme...
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Orwell rep accuses Amazon of doublespeakAug 14, 2014 7:03 pm - NEW YORK - The literary executor of George Orwell's estate is accusing Amazon.com of committing an Orwellian crime: doublespeak. In a letter published this week in The N...
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Stocks creep higher following earnings newsAug 15, 2014 8:22 am - NEW YORK - Better corporate earnings helped nudge the stock market up on Thursday in one of the quietest sessions this year. Health-care companies led the major indexes...
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Electrolux in discussions to acquire GE home-appliances divisionAug 14, 2014 11:04 am - Electrolux AB, the Swedish maker of AEG stoves and Frigidaire refrigerators, said it's in talks to buy General Electric Co.'s home-appliances business. No agreement on a...
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Putin's pipeline bypassing Ukraine at risk amid conflictAug 14, 2014 4:55 pm - Vladimir Putin's dream of a new pipeline to deliver Russian natural gas to the European Union without passing through Ukraine is fading amid escalating tit- for-tat econ...
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Yelp Inc. to expand in Chicago, bring 300 jobsAug 15, 2014 8:22 am - San Francisco-based Yelp Inc. plans to open a new office at Chicago's Merchandise Mart next year. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman announced the...
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Illinois company latest to test market for carpAug 15, 2014 5:35 pm - GRAFTON, Ill. - When they arrive at the processing plant, the fish that have been cursed as a menace to American lakes and rivers are raked onto a conveyer belt, some of...
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Madoff son asks judge to block trustee's bid to revamp lawsuitAug 14, 2014 1:05 am - Bernard Madoff's surviving son and the estate of another who committed suicide asked a court to block the trustee unwinding the con-man's firm from adding new claims to ...
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