Business Stories from May 30, 2008 (Change date)
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Cool, wet spring hurts needed cropsMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- In a year of rising food prices and high fuel costs that are creating pressure to produce more ethanol, the country could really use a perfect corn crop. So...
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Portola merges manufacturingMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Portola Packaging Inc. of Batavia announced it is consolidating its U.S. manufacturing footprint and leveraging its invested capital into three U.S. "Anchor" plants. Th...
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Zurich, Allstate weigh bids for unitMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Zurich Financial Services AG and Allstate Corp. are weighing bids for Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc's insurance unit, three people with knowledge of the matter told B...
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Return flight to bankruptcy possible for struggling airlinesMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Airlines are cutting U.S. flights, shedding employees, putting off plane orders and even talking about combinations. But with cash bleeding fast, fuel prices ...
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Olympic sponsors keeping the faithMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Sponsors sure of Olympic boost despite protests BEIJING -- As protests flared along the Olympic torch route, games sponsor BHP Billiton Ltd. set up a very different clas...
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U.S. beef may be a tough sell in KoreaMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea says it will start allowing American beef back into the country, defying weeks of public protests and fulfilling a pledge made to the U...
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Many consumers spend rebates on cost of livingMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Many Americans allowed themselves to fantasize about large-screen TVs, European vacations and other luxuries when they learned of the federal rebates they'd b...
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Panama bank signs with US BiometricsMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Credicorp Bank in Panama City, Panama is the first institution within Panama to implement a wide spectrum of Naperville-based US Biometrics' multi-factor authentication ...
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CVS executives not guilty on chargesMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Two former CVS executives were acquitted Friday of bribing a Rhode Island state senator for legislative favors, dealing a blow to the federal governm...
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