Business Stories from August 30, 2011 (Change date)
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Allstate assisting homeowners After Hurricane IreneAug 30, 2011 11:00 pm - NORTHBROOK — Allstate has set up 17 mobile claims centers to help residents in North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut following Hurrica...
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Microflex exam gloves get fire association certificationAug 30, 2011 11:00 pm - LAKE FOREST — Microflex Corporation, a subsidiary of BarrierSafe Solutions International, said its Supreno SE standard cuff nitrile disposable examination gloves has rec...
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Dow up for a fourth dayAug 30, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — It's a quiet end to a wild month for financial markets. Stocks edged higher Wednesday on a report that factory orders surged in July. The Dow Jones industria...
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Nalco clears hurdle in merger with EcolabAug 30, 2011 11:00 pm - NAPERVILLE -- Nalco Holding Company said the Federal Trade Commission has ended the waiting period for its planned merger with Ecolab. The merger agreement is subject to...
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Ford to supply vehicles to Zipcar for university campus fleetsAug 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Ford Motor Co. said it reached a two-year agreement establishing it as Zipcar Inc.'s largest supplier of cars for the college market. Zipcar will add as many as 650 Ford...
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Conference Plus, Cancer Society team up to develop volunteer portalAug 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Marketwire SCHAUMBURG — Conference Plus Inc., a subsidiary of Westell Technologies Inc., will collaborate with American Cancer Society California Division Inc. to develo...
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US stock futures rise at end of volatile AugustAug 30, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — U.S. stock futures are rising at the end of a wild month in the stock market. Investors are awaiting updates Wednesday on factory orders and hiring at privat...
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Daily Herald to charge for online subscriptionsAug 30, 2011 5:00 am - The Daily Herald will become the first newspaper in the Chicago area to charge regularly for digital access, the company announced today in letters to its readers. “It i...
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Rusal will join two new hong kong stock exchange indexesAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - United Co. Rusal, the largest aluminum producer, will join two new Hong Kong stock exchange indexes from Sept. 5, helping to expand its investor base. Rusal will make up...
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New cancer pill gives hope, strategyAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Pfizer Inc.’s just-approved Xalkori, the first new medicine in several years for deadly lung cancer, shows the value of a new research standard: precisely tar...
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