Business Stories from February 24, 2011 (Change date)
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Cook OKs full sales-tax rollbackFeb 24, 2011 11:00 pm - Cook OKs full sales-tax rollback
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Motorola Mobility sues TiVo to challenge patentsFeb 24, 2011 10:00 pm - Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. filed a lawsuit challenging TiVo Inc.'s “time warp” patents and claiming it owns the rights to digital-video recording technology that w...
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Federal court upholds Starbucks win in Kraft caseFeb 24, 2011 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Starbucks Corp. is one step closer to ending its distribution partnership with Kraft Foods Inc. after a U.S. Appeals Court on Friday upheld a lower court ruli...
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Smurfit-Stone rejected $29-a-share takeover offerFeb 24, 2011 10:00 pm - Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., the U.S. packaging company that agreed last month to be acquired by Rock-Tenn Co. for $3.5 billion, rejected a lower cash bid from a third...
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Oil hovers above $97 as traders eye Libya suppliesFeb 24, 2011 10:00 pm - Oil prices hovered above $97 a barrel Friday but were far from highs over $103 the day before amid signs the crisis in Libya may have cut supplies less than previously e...
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Valley Community acquired by First State BankFeb 24, 2011 10:00 pm - Valley Community Bank, in St. Charles, which had been under tight government scrutiny for more than a year, was closed Friday but all of its locations will reopen Saturd...
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Chrysler's CEO could get stock worth $2.9 milFeb 24, 2011 10:00 pm - DETROIT — Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne will get stock valued at almost $2.9 million if the company repays the money it still owes the U.S. government, according to dis...
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Google tweaks search to weed out 'low-quality' sitesFeb 24, 2011 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Google has tweaked the formulas steering its Internet search engine to take the rubbish out of its results. The overhaul is designed to lower the rankings of ...
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Continental Airline attendantsapprove interim contracFeb 24, 2011 10:00 pm - Continental Airlines flight attendants approved a contract that gives them pay raises and a no-furlough guarantee as the carrier prepares to merge with United Airlines. ...
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State, local budget cuts slow U.S. economyFeb 24, 2011 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Deep spending cuts by state and local governments pose a growing threat to an economy that is already grappling with high unemployment, depressed home price...
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