Business Stories from March 26, 2008 (Change date)
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Oil prices jump after dollar slidesMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices soared more than $4 a barrel Wednesday as two big market drivers -- lower than expected fuel inventories and another slide in the dollar -- had tr...
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Area businessman Al Tinoly dies at 68Mar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - In 1998, two years after Roosevelt University opened the Robin campus in Schaumburg, Alfred J. Tinoly joined its community advisory board. Having earned his master's deg...
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ConAgra says 3Q profit jumped 60 percentMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. -- ConAgra Foods Inc. said Thursday its third-quarter profit soared 60 percent as it raised prices and improved sales. The year-ago results were depressed by...
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ADM sues railroads over fuel surghargeMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Archer Daniels Midland is suing the five big U.S. railroads, accusing them of violating antitrust laws in fixing their fuel surcharges. Decatur-based ADM said it has pai...
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Under the pressure, it finally cracksMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Motorola Inc. intends to reinvigorate its floundering business by spinning itself off into two separate companies while still maintaining its suburban and Chicago operat...
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Stocks mixed after GDP, Oracle reportsMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street sank in volatile trading Thursday after the government confirmed that the last quarter of 2007 did indeed see a sharp economic slowdown. For the ...
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American, Delta cancel flightsMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - AMR Corp.'s American Airlines and Delta Air Lines Inc. canceled a combined 400 flights this morning to reinspect wiring on their Boeing Co. MD-80 model jets. American, t...
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Ford sells Jaguar, Land RoverMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- After spending billions of dollars on Jaguar and Land Rover, Ford Motor Co. gave up on the storied British automakers Wednesday and unloaded them to India's T...
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Plan for the long haul when selling your businessMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Planning to sell your business? Better plan for the long haul. The three years it took Robert Boncosky to sell his Lake in the Hills trucking company, Boncosky Services,...
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Keep an eye on shelter expensesMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. Sometime ago your column gave information about what it costs to maintain a home -- it was a percent of the value of the home and included utilities, insurance, t...
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