Business Stories from August 5, 2011 (Change date)
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Elgin group fights to repeal business licenseAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - A small but vocal political group, Elgin OCTAVE, formed shortly after the April election with its core mission aimed at fiscal responsibility. Over the past few mont...
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Addus HomeCare reports 2Q growthAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - PRNewswire PALATINE — Addus HomeCare reported total net service revenues grew 1.6 percent to $68.3 million during the second quarter of 2011, with comparable growth rate...
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A.M. Castle executive retiresAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - PRNewswire OAK BROOK — A. M. Castle & Co. announced Steve Hooks will be retiring as president of Castle Metals and Castle Metal Plates, effective March 2012. Hooks worke...
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Global Leadership Summit coming to Willow CreekAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - Willow Creek’s Global Leadership Summit, this year featuring speakers including Howard Schultz, president of Starbucks, and Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, will be held th...
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Uganda bans sugar exports amid shortagesAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - Uganda banned exports of sugar to neighboring countries and will regulate and control imports of the sweetner amid a shortage in the East African nation, President Yower...
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Oil falls as investors focus on weak economyAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Oil dropped nearly 2 percent Friday as investors shrugged off U.S. job gains and focused on lingering concerns about the global economy. Benchmark West Texas ...
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Italy to balance budget a year earlyAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - ROME (AP) — Italy pledged to work for a constitutional amendment requiring the government to balance its budget, as Rome feverishly tries to assure domestic and foreign ...
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Perus’s Castilla says crisis in northern hemisphere, not southAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - Peruvian Finance Minister Miguel Castilla said that the economic crisis is in the Northern Hemisphere, not the Southern Hemisphere. Castilla, speaking at a regional meet...
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Vintage Sports Authentics boss arrested at Rosemont conventionAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - The head of a sports memorabilia company in Minnesota is charged with orchestrating a scheme to sell fraudulent sports merchandise — including jerseys said to be worn du...
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Dems give way to GOP to end FAA shutdownAug 05, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — With tens of thousands of jobs, more than $1 billion and their reputations on the line, Senate Democrats gave way Friday to a power play by House Republican...