Business Stories from May 18, 2010 (Change date)
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ComEd welcomes industryMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Exelon Corp.'s ComEd for the first time will gather about 1,000 of its commercial and industrial customers, about 60 energy efficiency service providers and other indust...
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Hooters server claims she's on weight probationMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - ROSEVILLE, Mich. -- A 132-pound server with the Hooters restaurant chain claims she's been put on probation because of her weight. Twenty-year-old Cassie Smith told WJB...
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H&R Block cuts 400 jobs, shuts 400 storesMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- H&R Block Inc. said Wednesday it will trim 400 jobs and has shut 400 underperforming locations as it seeks to reduce costs. The tax services provider...
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Mortgage delinquencies, foreclosures break recordsMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The number of homeowners who missed at least one mortgage payment surged to a record in the first quarter of the year, a sign that the foreclosure crisis i...
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Abbott's Humira to be covered by U.K. national health plansMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories' Humira and Merck & Co.'s Remicade should be covered by the U.K.'s National Health Service for adults with severe Crohn's disease that doesn't respon...
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DuPage Co. judge refuses to halt Navistar hearingsMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - A DuPage County judge has denied an emergency request to stop Lisle from continuing the public hearing process for Navistar's proposed relocation to the village. Judge B...
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Venture startup launches in Hawthorn WoodsMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - A new startup company is beginning efforts aimed at raising capital toward funding a new startup in private equity. Headed by Phillip Benson and based in Hawthorn Woods,...
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WaMu, FDIC should end bankruptcy dispute by May 21May 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Washington Mutual Inc. and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. should end their dispute over the biggest U.S. bank failure by May 21, lawyers for both groups told a bank...
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Consumer inflation vanishes, a boon for borrowersMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Consumer prices fell in April for the first time in 13 months, giving the Federal Reserve more room to keep interest rates at historic lows to aid the econ...
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New Panera location says pay what you wantMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - CLAYTON, Mo. -- Panera Bread Co. is asking customers at a new restaurant to pay what they want. The national bakery and restaurant chain launched a new nonprofit store h...
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