Business Stories from May 28, 2008 (Change date)
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Exxon Mobil boss to keep 2 titlesMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - DALLAS-- Exxon Mobil chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson will keep both his titles, as shareholders rejected a plan backed by some members of the Rockefeller family to split ...
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Tribune considers offers for parts of Tribune Media ServicesMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Tribune Co., which just sold one of its largest newspapers, is considering selling parts of another business unit, a distributor of news, comics and ente...
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Comcast.net site is hacked brieflyMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Hackers took over and defaced Comcast Corp.'s Web portal for several hours overnight, leaving a cryptic message on the site that the company's 14.1 million s...
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Walgreens to open stores in AlaskaMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD -- Walgreens plans to open its first stores in Alaska in 2009, giving the na-tion's largest drugstore chain a presence in all 50 states, plus the District of C...
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GE Capital inks deal with BRPMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - HOFFMAN ESTATES -- GE Capital Solutions, Commercial Distribution Finance recently signed an exclusive agreement to provide inventory financing to BRP's Ski-Doo, Sea-Doo ...
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Costco 3Q profit climbs 32 percent, tops outlookMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- Costco Wholesale Corp. reported a 32 percent jump in third-quarter profits Thursday to top Wall Street expectations, as cash-squeezed customers flocke...
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New law makes escape tougher for tax exilesMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - It's been called "the ultimate estate plan": moving to a desert island or other far-off locale to escape the clutches of the Internal Revenue Service. Indeed, hundreds o...
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UPS planning air deal with DHLMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, said Wednesday it is working toward an agreement with DHL's U.S. Express unit to carry air shipments for some...
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Dunkin' Donuts pulls Rachael Ray ad after complaintsMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Dunkin' Donuts has pulled an online advertisement featuring Rachael Ray after complaints that a fringed black-and-white scarf that the celebrity chef wore in t...
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TransUnion to offer millions free credit monitoringMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Credit reporting agency TransUnion says it'll offer millions of people up to nine months of free credit monitoring servings as part of a preliminary legal settlement. Th...