Business Stories from June 30, 2011 (Change date)
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Biotech group names Quinn 'governor of the year'Jun 30, 2011 12:00 am - A national biotechnology group has named Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn its “governor of the year.” The Biotechnology Industry Organization presented the award to Quinn on Wedn...
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Midwest Heart to merge with Advocate Medical GroupJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - Midwest Heart Specialists, the largest independent cardiology practice in Illinois with 50 physicians, said Thursday that it has signed a letter of intent to integrate w...
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Greece clears final hurdle to get bailout fundsJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - ATHENS, Greece — Greece has bought itself some time to deal with its crippling debt crisis after lawmakers cleared the final hurdle for crucial bailout funds to be relea...
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Ill. group gets $1.4 million to help migrantsJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - The U.S. Department of Labor is giving an Illinois group $1.4 million to provide job training and other services to migrant farmworkers. The department said Wednesday th...
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Japan pledges to double sales taxJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s government modified a pledge to double the nation’s 5 percent sales tax by 2015 after some ruling party members said a specific deadl...
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Clinton, Geithner to speak at Chicago jobs summitJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - Former President Bill Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner are scheduled to deliver the closing remarks at a jobs summit in Chicago. The closing session of th...
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Chicago children’s hospital begins promoting moveJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - Although a move to new quarters by Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital is about a year away, the institution has launched a $3 million campaign touting its new name a...
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Dignitaries, military help Rolling Meadows company celebrate “America Day”Jun 30, 2011 12:00 am - Soldiers may be fighting on foreign soil, but global security firm Northrop Grumman Corp. took some time Thursday to recognize the people back home who help equip and pr...
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Taiwan central bank raises key interest rateJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan raised its key interest rate for the fifth time in a year in a bid to combat inflation. The island’s central bank Thursday raised the benchmark i...
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Vulnerable feel the pinch of Minn. gov't shutdownJun 30, 2011 12:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. — The blind are losing reading services. A help line for the elderly has gone silent. And poor families are scrambling after the state stopped child care...