Business Stories from May 18, 2017 (Change date)
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Business owners invited to webinar on legal issuesMay 19, 2017 7:09 pm - Attorney Kerry Lavelle will host a free webinar for business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs at noon CDT on Wednesday, May 31. Lavelle will focus on issues of business...
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Chicago Area Clean Cities fleets saved 26.5 million gallons of fuel in 2016May 19, 2017 7:14 pm - The Chicago Area Clean Cities Coalition announced that in 2016 its member fleets displaced nearly 26.5 million gasoline-gallon equivalents (GGEs) of petroleum and reduce...
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Butterball to close Montgomery plant, cuts 600 jobsMay 22, 2017 9:57 am - Butterball LLC said Thursday it will close its bacon processing plant in Montgomery and cut about 600 full-time jobs by July 17. North Carolina-based Butterball said...
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Wal-Mart sees online sales surge, more shoppers at storesMay 18, 2017 12:30 pm - BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Wal-Mart saw online sales surge as it changed up its shipping offers, and drew more shoppers to its stores as well in the most recent quarter ev...
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Twitter's privacy update: what it means for youMay 19, 2017 6:26 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Twitter is updating its privacy policy so it can track users' interests better and target advertisements to them, at least in the US. Along with this, Tw...
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Grain lower, livestock lowerMay 18, 2017 9:30 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery was 2.60 cents lower at $4.2420 a bushel; July c...
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Asian funerals go green, high-tech at Hong Kong trade fairMay 18, 2017 2:31 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Death is inevitable but it doesn't have to be bad for the environment. Caskets made of paper and wicker coffins on display at a recent Hong Kong funeral...
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Ian Buruma chosen as new editor of New York Review of BooksMay 18, 2017 3:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - An acclaimed essayist and historian has been chosen to succeed the late Robert Silvers as editor of The New York Review of Books. The publication announc...
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Facebook to stream MLB game each Friday starting this weekMay 18, 2017 2:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Baseball fans can like their team's games with a click starting Friday. Major League Baseball announced Facebook will carry a live game nationally each F...
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Ralph Lauren posts quarterly loss a day after naming new CEOMay 18, 2017 4:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Preppy clothing retailer Ralph Lauren Corp. reported a quarterly loss and another drop in revenue on Thursday, a day after announcing a new chief executi...
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