All Stories from June 14, 2011 (Change date)
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Tax breaks to end for 100 firmsJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN — When Sears Holding Corp. rattled Illinois last month by saying it might move its headquarters Gov. Pat Quinn quickly said the state would try to keep the ret...
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Compressco Partners raises $54M in IPOJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Compressco Partners LP has raised approximately $54 million before expenses from its initial public offering of about 2.7 million common units. T...
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Analysis: Passion for Obama not like 2008Jun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — As he weighed a presidential run back in 2006, President Barack Obama displayed a realistic sense of self-awareness: All the adulation he was receiving, he ...
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Playboy's Hefner says Playmate called off weddingJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - CHICAGO — Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner says his fiancee has called off their wedding. The 85-year-old Hefner says in a Tuesday message on Chicago-based Playboy's...
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Oscars to allow 5 to 10 best picture nomineesJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - Putting an emphasis on quality rather than quantity, the Academy Awards shook up the best picture category again. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announc...
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Siemens to invest €150 million in DenmarkJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - BERLIN — German industrial giant Siemens AG says it plans to invest more than €150 million ($217 million) over the next two years to expand its wind-power operations in...
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Kennedy Center's 'Follies' to move to BroadwayJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Kennedy Center's revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical "Follies" is being transferred to the Marquis Theatre on Broadway this summer. The center announc...
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Virgin picks GE affiliate for engine orderJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Virgin America said Wednesday an affiliate of General Electric Co. will build engines for its latest Airbus aircraft order. The low-fare carrier based in Cali...
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U.S. factory output rose in May after April declineJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — U.S. factories rebounded in May to produce more business equipment and construction materials. The gains offset supply disruptions stemming from the Japan c...
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Corn prices rise as multiple floods cut into cropJun 14, 2011 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa — Brian Peterson admitted it's hard to watch as floodwaters envelope the bright green cornstalks now about knee-height, but he said he'll survive the l...