Business Stories from August 12, 2011 (Change date)
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Sears debuts interactive, online seriesAug 12, 2011 8:00 am - Hoffman Estates-bases Sears on Sunday will debut an interactive online series called “Screw D,” about a totally inept guy sent to Craftsman boot camps to learn do-it-you...
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Peep's Hot Dogs closes tonightAug 12, 2011 5:00 am - Peep's Hot Dogs, a restaurant that has served all kinds of fast food to generations of students and staff from Hersey, St. Viator and Prospect high schools, will close f...
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BP says coker opeating normally at Texas City, TexasAug 12, 2011 12:00 am - BP Plc said a coker at its Texas City, Texas, refinery was operating normally after a relief valve lifted. The valve lifted at about noon local time for several minutes,...
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OfficeMax appoints two to lead Contract organizationAug 12, 2011 12:00 am - PRnewswire NAPERVILLE — OfficeMax Incorporated appointed Mike MacDonald as executive vice president and president of the global contract organization and Steve Mongeau a...
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Air Lease rises after affirming growth plans amid earnings gainAug 12, 2011 12:00 am - Air Lease Corp., the jet-leasing company led by Steven Udvar-Hazy, surged the most since selling shares in April after the company topped earnings estimates and affirmed...
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Canada stocks fall after financials erase gainAug 12, 2011 12:00 am - Canadian stocks declined as financial shares erased an earlier gain and gold producers fell. The Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index slipped 14.69 points, or 0.1 perce...
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Ex-Nasdaq official gets 3 1/2 years for insider tradingAug 12, 2011 12:00 am - Former Nasdaq Stock Market Managing Director Donald Johnson was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for using information obtained from his position with the exchange to ...
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Arthur J. Gallagher acquires Robinson-Adams InsuranceAug 12, 2011 12:00 am - ITASCA — Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said it has acquired the insurance brokerage operations of Robinson-Adams Insurance, Inc. in Birmingham, Ala. Terms of the transaction...
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SEC opens whistle-blower website as Dodd-Frank program beginsAug 12, 2011 12:00 am - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, trying to encourage employees to report corporate wrong-doing, opened a website today to gather tips as its new bounty progr...
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Italian local governments resist emergency cutsAug 12, 2011 12:00 am - ROME — Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s government is facing fierce resistance to emergency spending cuts from local government officials, who are urging the government to st...
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