Business Stories from July 31, 2011 (Change date)
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Kodak adopts shareholder rights planJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - ROCHESTER, N.Y — Photography pioneer Eastman Kodak Co. said Monday that its board has adopted a shareholder rights agreement designed to preserve its tax assets. The pla...
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Smirks, shrugs, shaking heads meet debt deal newsJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Americans seem relieved that the wrangling over the debt limit is over. But for the deal itself — not so much. People around the country had a range of re...
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NASA going green with solar-powered Jupiter probeJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - NASA's upcoming mission to Jupiter can't get much greener than this: a solar-powered, windmill-shaped spacecraft. The robotic explorer Juno is set to become the most dis...
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Apple suit puts Samsung tablets on hold in AustraliaJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - Apple Inc. won an agreement from Samsung Electronics Co. that the South Korean company won't sell the newest version of its tablet computer in Australia until a patent ...
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Gap touts jeans with tacos and TwitterJul 31, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - The "1969: L.A. and Beyond" series of short videos has all the elements of a reality TV show. It has action. It has fashion. And the star of the show is alway...
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Sally Smith’s (chicken) wings are soaringJul 31, 2011 6:00 am - Sally Smith became CEO of Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. after the other guy didn’t show up. It was 1996, and Smith was the top finance officer for the chicken wings chain, whi...
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Nike CEO’s compensation down 16 percentJul 31, 2011 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. — Nike Inc.’s CEO Mark Parker saw his compensation fall 16 percent to about $11 million during fiscal 2011 largely due to a drop in his pay based on the c...
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Restaurant super fans go the distanceJul 31, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Adam Moore once drove 500 miles just to eat a burrito at a Chipotle he’d never been to. Alan Klein is working on a smartphone app to help fellow enthusiasts t...
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5 ways to be smart about back-to-school shoppingJul 31, 2011 6:00 am - Associated Press NEW YORK — Prices on back-to-school items from socks to notebooks are rising 10 percent on average, but there are lots of great deals — and new ways to ...
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5 things you should know about mid-cap stocksJul 31, 2011 6:00 am - BOSTON — The best-performing part of your stock portfolio may there by accident. Investors tend to dwell on how their small company stocks, or small-caps, are faring ver...