Business Stories from March 8, 2008 (Change date)
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Don't bother to light up at Old OrchardMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Bob Jones often eats at the food court at Westfield Old Orchard and then heads outside to the common area and enjoys a cigarette. Beginning March 15, Jones will no longe...
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Apple offers new wireless hard drive backupMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - With its new Leopard operating system, Apple tried to solve one of the most nagging problems faced by home-computer users: how to regularly back up their computers compl...
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USB turntable gives new life to record albumsMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Most people gave up on their vinyl music collection two decades ago, when compact discs all but nudged LPs off store shelves for good. If you held onto ...
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Movers and shakersMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - The Chamberlain Group Inc., Elmhurst, announced Scott Mordell, executive vice president, will oversee operations at sister company HeathCo. Rolling Meadows-based Northro...
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Whaling encounters get more dangerousMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - TOKYO -- The Japanese coast guard said Friday that anti-whaling activists threw rotten butter and other objects at a Japanese whale-processing ship, the latest high seas...
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Reports: Countrywide under federal investigation for securities fraudMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Federal authorities are investigating Countrywide Financial Corp. for securities fraud, according to media reports. The FBI is in the early stages of an i...
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'EVE Online' players to voteMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Players of the game "EVE Online" will soon be able to vote for an unusual community council that will present their concerns to the publisher, the company an...
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Steuben Glass may be forced to close factoryMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Want to buy some Steuben Glass? Longtime owner Corning Inc. has placed the maker of the only luxury lead crystal still handcrafted in the U.S. on the ...
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Marketing executive starts online Home School Inc.Mar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Web-based Home School Inc. in Des Plaines is gearing up for expansion. The company's Web site, www.home-school-inc.com, has garnered 20,000 registered users and about 40...
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Take on the tickerMar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Carl Tannenbaum of Downers Grove is an economic consultant. What moved the markets last week? "I would summarize this week in the market by saying that conditions p...
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