Business Stories from June 30, 2010 (Change date)
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Consumers can avoid bank fees with a little effortAug 09, 2010 5:22 pm - NEW YORK -- A seemingly simple rule on debit card overdraft fees is making banking more complicated for millions of consumers. Starting July 1, banks must get permissio...
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Microsoft halts global rollout of Kin phoneAug 09, 2010 5:22 pm - SEATTLE -- For Microsoft, there will be no next of Kin. The company halted the rollout of Kin One and Kin Two phones after less than two months. Kin phones were aimed a...
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May pending home sales tumble without tax creditsAug 09, 2010 5:22 pm - NEW YORK -- The number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase homes tumbled in May, a sign the housing recovery can't survive without government incentives. The Nati...
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Oak Brook firm deploys vesselsAug 09, 2010 5:21 pm - OAK BROOK - Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. reported that four of its dredging vessels, including three hopper dredges and one cutter suction dredge, along with other an...
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Spartan sells propertiesAug 09, 2010 5:21 pm - SCHAUMBURG - Spartan Corp. announced the sale of its Jackson, Mich., and London, Ont., properties as of June 16 and June 17 respectively. Spartan ceased operations at th...
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Abbott settles patent suit with Sandoz over antibiotic OmnicefAug 09, 2010 5:38 pm - Abbott Laboratories said it settled a patent-infringement lawsuit filed against Novartis AG's Sandoz unit over generic versions of the antibiotic Omnicef. Terms are conf...
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Toyota says 270,000 vehicles have faulty enginesAug 09, 2010 5:22 pm - TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday about 270,000 cars sold worldwide -- including luxury Lexus sedans -- have faulty engines, the latest quality lapse to hit the...
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The LeBron effect: $3 billion more for the Chicago area?Aug 09, 2010 5:22 pm - An economist with the University of Illinois at Chicago said Tuesday that basketball star LeBron James could boost the Chicago-area economy by roughly $3 billion if he j...
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Toyota says 270,000 vehicles have faulty enginesAug 09, 2010 5:38 pm - WASHINGTON -- Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday about 270,000 cars sold worldwide, including luxury Lexus sedans, have potentially faulty engines, in the latest quality i...
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Woot there it is: Amazon buys deal-a-day websiteAug 09, 2010 5:21 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Amazon.com Inc. has purchased deal-a-day website Woot.com. In a joke-laden message on the company blog, Woot CEO Matt Rutledge said the deal won't chan...
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