Business Stories from July 28, 2011 (Change date)
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Abbott test detects HIV earlierJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Hospital and public health laboratories are now detecting early-stage HIV infections sooner than previous tests since the launch of Abbott’s Architect HIV Ag/Ab combo as...
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JetBlue offers new 3-month unlimited flight passJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Call it All-You-Can-Jet: Business Edition. JetBlue introduced several new three-month, unlimited flight plans Thursday in an attempt to snare more higher...
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Stock rally fades ahead of debt vote in HouseJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — A late sell-off wiped out the stock market’s gains Thursday as investors worried that a bill headed for a vote in the House of Representatives would fail to b...
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Sprint posts widened loss, teams with LightSquaredJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Sprint says its loss widened in the second quarter due to investment losses and a tax expense, but its subscriber figures showed a fragile turnaround is conti...
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Motorola Solutions to buy back $2 billion in stockJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Motorola Solutions Inc., the maker of bar-code scanners and walkie-talkies, will buy back as much as $2 billion worth of its shares and begin paying a dividend after sel...
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Motorola Solutions sees Schaumburg as growing hubJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Motorola Solutions Inc. CEO Greg Brown said Thursday he's forming a new global services organization, aiming to further grow the company and continuing to staff the 400-...
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Groupon fires back, seeks to move lawsuit to Cook CountyJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Chicago-based Groupon has fired back in the latest lawsuit against it, saying claims that its daily deals are in violation of consumer protection laws are “manufactured,...
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Sources: Parts problem hurts Ford Focus salesJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - DETROIT — Ford can’t make enough Focus cars to keep up with rising demand because of equipment problems that have caused a shortage of dashboards, two people familiar wi...
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Fortune Brands CEO to retireJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Deerfield-based Fortune Brands Inc., which makes a variety of products from security items to Jim Beam liquor, said Wednesday that its Chairman and CEO Bruce Carbonari w...
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J&J cuts maximum Tylenol dose to prevent overdosesJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. — Johnson & Johnson said Thursday that it’s reducing the maximum daily dose of its Extra Strength Tylenol pain reliever to lower risk of accidental overdos...