Business Stories from August 23, 2011 (Change date)
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Flu shots available at many Illinois drugstoresAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - Flu shots are now available at many pharmacies throughout Illinois. CVS announced Monday its pharmacies and MinuteClinics are providing direct medical billing through m...
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Exxon Mobil estimates Montana spill will cost $42 millionAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - BILLINGS, Mont. — Exxon Mobil Pipeline Co. said its oil pipeline spill into Montana’s scenic Yellowstone River will cost an estimated $42.6 million, according to documen...
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Business Only Broadband, TourTechSupport team up at LollapaloozaAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - WESTMONT -- Business Only Broadband and TourTechSupport announced they provided the Voice over IP (VoIP) services and Internet bandwidth required to support all of the I...
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Stocks jump; Dow notches best gain in 2 weeksAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Stocks posted their biggest jump in nearly two weeks on Tuesday. Investors picked up cheaply priced stocks after fears that the U.S. would slip into a recessi...
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Wall Street looks set for second day of gainsAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Stock futures are rising, potentially setting up another day of gains on Wall Street. Roughly one hour ahead of the opening bell, Dow Jones industrial averag...
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United Continental to replace pilot flight manuals with iPadsAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - PRNewswire United Continental Holdings Inc. will issue 11,000 iPads to all United and Continental pilots, which will replace their paper flight manuals. A first for majo...
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Administration moves plan to ax hundreds of rulesAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration disclosed plans Tuesday to cut or roll back hundreds of federal regulations, including some that will streamline tax forms at the I...
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Michael Jordan's new restaurant opens in ChicagoAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - Basketball great Michael Jordan is taking another shot at the restaurant business. Jordan's Steak House Chicago makes its debut Tuesday in the InterContinental Chicago H...
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Nalco reports on sustainability progressAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - PRNewswire Naperville-based Nalco has published its 2010 Sustainability Report, which documents actions and progress toward the company’s vision to earn customers for li...
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New-home sales fell 0.7 percent in JulyAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — The number of people who bought new homes fell for the fourth straight month in July, putting sales on track to finish this year as the worst on records dat...