Business Stories from June 30, 2011 (Change date)
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Obama picks fight on taxes, big or just symbolicJun 30, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is renewing an old fight with the business community by insisting that $400 billion in tax increases be part of a deficit-reduction p...
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Auto supplier American Axle to close Detroit plantJun 30, 2011 11:00 pm - DETROIT — American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. says it will close its Detroit manufacturing complex as early as February. Thursday's announcement follows six mont...
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Eurozone delays decision on new Greek bailoutJun 30, 2011 11:00 pm - BRUSSELS — Eurozone finance ministers have canceled a crisis meeting planned for Sunday because they need more time — as much as two months — to nail down the details of...
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Lehman plan receives support from major creditorsJun 30, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Lehman Brothers is getting broader support for its new bankruptcy plan. The investment bank, which filed for bankruptcy at the height of the financial crisis...
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AP Source: Google among firms looking to buy HuluJun 30, 2011 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Search giant Google Inc. is one of about a dozen companies involved in talks to potentially buy online video site Hulu, a person familiar with the matter s...
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The economic recovery turns 2: Feel better yet?Jun 30, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — This is one anniversary few feel like celebrating. Two years after economists say the Great Recession ended, the recovery has been the weakest and most lops...
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Maine's LL Bean rehires 4 after discount errorJun 30, 2011 11:00 pm - FREEPORT, Maine — The Maine outdoor retailer L.L. Bean says four workers fired for buying a leather tote bag after its price had been inadvertently reduced on the compa...
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Palatine's Acura Pharma gets $20M Oxecta paymentJun 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Palatine-based Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday it received a $20 million payment from its partner Pfizer Inc. for work on a pain drug that received regulatory ap...
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'FarmVille' creator Zynga to go publicJun 30, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Zynga, the online game maker behind "FarmVille" and other popular Facebook pastimes, is going public, the latest in a crop of high-valued Internet IPOs expect...
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BP Chief Hayward denied trying to prop up share pricesJun 30, 2011 11:00 pm - JACKSON, Mississippi — Under questioning from the Justice Department and plaintiffs suing the oil giant he once ran, Tony Hayward fought off accusations that he sought t...
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