Business Stories from May 9, 2010 (Change date)
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Baxter, Teva will fight $500 million propofol judgmentMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the world's biggest maker of generic drugs, said it will appeal a Las Vegas jury's award of $356 million in punitive damages against...
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Retiring Schaumburg SBA president lauded as businesses' helping handMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Laurie Stone's lifelong enthusiasm and optimism have helped carry the hopes of Schaumburg area business owners through a decade that will hardly be remembered as the eco...
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EU creates $1 trillion rescue package to save euroMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - BRUSSELS -- The European Union put up a staggering $1 trillion Monday to contain its spreading government debt crisis and keep it from tearing the euro currency apart an...
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Dow closes up more than 400 on effort to ease Europe debt crisisMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks rocketed to their biggest gain in a year and bond prices fell Monday after a nearly $1 trillion plan to contain Europe's debt crisis reassured investo...
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Overseas growth fuels April revenue climb at McDonald'sMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Icy coffee drinks and chicken nuggets lured McDonald's Corp. customers to spend more in April, boosting a key performance measure, the fast-food chain said Monday. Aroun...
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How 10 suburban investors were duped out of savings by one brokerMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Sharon Schmidt of Gurnee drove a bus for a living until an accident forced her into disability. She and her husband, a computer technician, had depended on her niece's e...
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Stocks 'tornado' may prompt electronic trading rulesMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - U.S. regulators face pressure to show they have a grip on stock markets that are increasingly fragmented and dominated by computers after last week's plunge fueled lawma...
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Lower oil prices slowly getting to the gas pumpMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Last week's big sell-off in oil markets is slowly making its way to drivers in the form of cheaper gasoline prices. Pump prices have dropped 2.1 cents per gallon after h...
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Fannie Mae seeks $8.4 bil in aid after 1Q lossMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Fannie Mae has again asked taxpayers for more money after reporting a first-quarter loss of more than $13 billion. The mortgage finance company, which was ...
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Dish Network 1Q net income drops 26 percentMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Dish Network Corp. said Monday that its first-quarter earnings fell less than expected as it attracted more customers to its low-cost satellite TV service an...
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