Business Stories from March 10, 2010 (Change date)
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First-time jobless claims drop slightly last weekMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, but remains above the level many economists say would signal new h...
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Boston Blackie's owners charged with check schemeMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez announced charges Thursday against two owners and an employee of the Boston Blackie's restaurant chain in what she described a...
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Stocks climb for 3rd day as financial shares riseMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A rally in financial stocks Thursday helped the market extend its grind higher to a third day. The Standard & Poor's 500 index cleared an important hurdle wa...
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BP to pay $7 billion for Devon exploration rightsMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - LONDON -- BP is expanding its dominant oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico and dropping anchor off Brazil with a $7 billion deal to buy exploration rights from ...
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Alternative funding sources when the bank says 'No'Mar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Howard Jaffe is an honest banker. Chairman and CEO of Oak Brook-based Inland Bank and Trust, he responds with a classic "Yes, but" answer when asked if banks have money ...
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Geneva man goes bounty hunting over expired patentsMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Geneva's Thomas Simonian is a very litigious man - at least when it comes to patents. Over the last few weeks, he's filed more than three dozen product lawsuits in U.S. ...
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Local business leaders call on Sen. Durbin to lead immigration reformMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - A group of business owners from the Northwest suburbs has called on Sen. Dick Durbin to lead Congress in reforming the country's immigration system, which they said coul...
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Oil prices hold steady around $82Mar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices stayed put, just above $82 on Thursday, as investors mulled demand uncertainties and a government report that showed the country's huge natural ga...
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Arlington Hts. shopping complex at heart of foreclosure caseMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Twenty-nine investment firms that backed Arlington Town Square in downtown Arlington Heights are being sued for missing payments on a $19.8 million mortgage on the prope...
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