Business Stories from August 9, 2011 (Change date)
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Trichet sees markets in worst crisis since WWIIAug 09, 2011 12:00 am - The head of the European Central Bank on Tuesday defended his institution’s decision to help stabilize the bonds of Spain and Italy, but indicated that the ECB doesn’t s...
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Mexico auto production increased 16.4% in July from year agoAug 09, 2011 12:00 am - Mexican production of cars and light trucks rose to 209, 534 units in July, a 16.4 percent increase from the same month a year earlier, the nation’s Automobile Industry ...
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Beazer 3Q loss widens, closes on fewer homesAug 09, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Beazer Homes USA Inc. said Tuesday that its fiscal third-quarter loss widened as the homebuilder closed on fewer homes and incurred some charges. Homebuilders...
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Des Plaines-based UOP selected for refinery expansionAug 09, 2011 12:00 am - Des Plaines-based UOP, a Honeywell company, announced Tuesday that Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries has selected UOP/Foster Wheeler technology to help pr...
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Dow soars 429 points on Fed statementAug 09, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — The Fed spoke — and financial markets rallied. The Dow Jones industrial average surged more than 429 points, its tenth highest point gain in history and the b...
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Former White House event planner offers networking tipsAug 09, 2011 12:00 am - It's not every month that members of the Schaumburg Business Association hear about White House briefings and protocol for state dinners. But that was the case Tuesday, ...
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Durbin hears success stories from Elgin career centerAug 09, 2011 12:00 am - If the American economy is to recover, Sen. Dick Durbin says, the last place the federal government should cut funding is from career development sites like the Illinois...
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Schaumburg OKs Japanese business’s auditoriumAug 09, 2011 12:00 am - Schaumburg trustees Tuesday approved an auditorium space for one of the village’s earliest Japanese companies and granted another six-month extension for a Cambria Suite...
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Elgin’s Middleby acquires Auto-BakeAug 09, 2011 12:00 am - The Middleby Corp. recently announced the acquisition of Auto-Bake, an Australian manufacturer of automated baking systems for the food processing industry. Auto-Bake h...
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Libertyville considers settlement for former grocery siteAug 09, 2011 12:00 am - A settlement regarding the site of a failed grocery store planned for Milwaukee Avenue in Libertyville could end the village's involvement in what has become a classic `...