Business Stories from August 27, 2007 (Change date)
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China blames U.S. toy designersAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - BEIJING -- Faulty American designs and conflicting global standards for safety are at the root of the mass recalls of Chinese-made toys by Mattel Inc., a top Chinese qua...
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Lord Byron said it all about access to cashAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - "Yes. Ready money is Aladdin's Lamp." -- Lord Byron, 1788-1824 Most of us don't appreciate the magic of cash until we are without it. Then we understand. Then we underst...
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Briefs: Pizzeria to re-open at Old OrchardAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - SKOKIE -- Westfield Old Orchard announced the opening of California Pizza Kitchen in a new location. The new 5,500-square-foot restaurant is expected to open Wednesday i...
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Potty training at birth draws some skepticismAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - SUTTON, Mass. -- Thirteen-month-old Dominic Klatt stopped banging the furniture in the verandah, looked at his mother and clasped his right hand around his left wrist to...
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Former Symbol executives win rulingAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A U.S. appeals court Monday barred the retrial of two former executives of Symbol Technologies Inc, who were facing securities fraud and conspiracy charges. ...
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U.S. Steel to buy Canada's StelcoAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - TORONTO -- U.S. Steel Corp agreed to acquire Stelco Inc for $1.1 billion, bagging the last big Canadian-owned steelmaker and strengthening its position in flat-rolled st...
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Woman puts class assignment to the test with Bark AvenueAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - A class at Keller Graduate School of Business changed Michelle Sarwas' life. Her class assignment was to create a business plan as part of her master's degree studies in...
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Gas prices still low as Labor Day draws nearAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- U.S. drivers heading into the last vacation weekend of the summer are enjoying the lowest gasoline prices in almost five months, the government said Monday...
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Consumer confidence index drops in August amid financial market volatility, housing problemsAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Consumer confidence weakened in August as Americans focused on turbulent financial markets, a decline in home prices and tighter credit standards. The New Yor...
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BriefsAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - CDW division inks Colorado project VERNON HILLS -- CDW Government Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CDW Corp. and a source of information technology solutions to govern...
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