Business Stories from June 20, 2011 (Change date)
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Indiana's oldest ethanol plant cutting 30 jobsJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The oldest ethanol plant in Indiana is cutting about 30 jobs this summer and the company that owns the plants is up for sale. New Energy Corp. officia...
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Session scheduled on ConocoPhillips remediationJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is inviting the public to one of two sessions to learn more about an investigation of contamination at the Con...
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Home sales fell to 2011 low, few 1st-time buyersJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Fewer people purchased previously occupied homes in May, bringing sales down to their lowest level of the year. Home sales sank 3.8 percent last month to a ...
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High court bars mass sex bias case vs. Wal-MartJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court blocked the largest sex-discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history on Monday, siding with Wal-Mart and against up to 1.6 million female worker...
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Walgreens 3Q profit climbs 30 percentJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Walgreen Co., the biggest drugstore chain in the U.S., says its profit grew 30 percent in the fiscal third quarter. But it also says it has also been unable t...
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GM to close US pickup plants for 2 weeks in JulyJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - DETROIT — General Motors Co. plans to close two U.S. pickup truck plants for two weeks in July at a time when pickup sales are starting to wane and trucks are stacking u...
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Best Buy OK's $5B buyback, raises dividend 7 pctJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS — Best Buy Co. says it will buy back $5 billion of its common stock and is raising its quarterly dividend by 7 percent. Shares of the consumer electronics ch...
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Union files complaint against GOP senatorJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The union representing Boeing Co. workers in Washington state has filed an ethics complaint against Sen. Lindsey Graham, alleging the South Carolina Republi...
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FDA reveals new graphic cigarette labelsJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. — In the most significant change to U.S. cigarette packs in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday released nine new warning labels that dep...
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Fuel costs weigh on Carnival's 2Q net incomeJun 20, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — A continuing battle with rising fuel costs, combined with political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa and the aftermath of Japan's earthquake and nuc...
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