Business Stories from August 30, 2011 (Change date)
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Boeing approves upgrading 737 after 496 order commitmentsAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - Chicago-based Boeing Co. approved development of an upgraded 737 with more fuel-efficient engines after winning 496 order commitments from five airlines for the latest v...
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Wheaton company adds marketing to the mixAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - Wheaton-based Bold Steps Inc. announced that it acquired RDP Marketing & Events Inc. This acquisition provides Bold Steps clients with a comprehensive and integrated set...
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S. Africa’s solidarity union declares wage dispute with eEkomAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - South Africa’s Solidarity labor union has declared a dispute with Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., the country’s state-owned power company, over a unilateral decision to increas...
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Grilled cheese with a high tech twistAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Jonathan Kaplan made it easy for consumers to shoot cheesy home movies when he founded the company behind the Flip Video camcorder. Now, he’s hoping to p...
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Senate president meets with leaders of SearsAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Sears Holdings Corp. CEO Lou D'Ambrosio met with Illinois Senate President John Cullerton Tuesday about the company's future in its Hoffman Estates headqua...
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Starbucks jumping into single-cup capsule marketAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - Starbucks Corp., the world's largest coffee-shop operator, will begin selling its namesake coffee and Tazo tea brand in Keurig single-cup packets in November. “We'll be ...
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Roskam: Job growth tied to cutting regulationsAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - House Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam gave the suburbs a preview Tuesday of the GOP's anti-regulatory agenda that will be pushed in Washington, D.C., when Congress resume...
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Coffee falls as growers in brazil sell after rally; sugar dropsAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - Coffee fell in New York as growers in Brazil, the largest producer, sold beans after prices climbed to a three-month high. Sugar also declined. Prices climbed 6 percent ...
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Lufthansa ceo predicts profit gain on fuel hedging, maintenanceAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - Deutsche Lufthansa AG Chief Executive Officer Christoph Franz said Europe’s second-biggest carrier aims to boost earnings this year as fuel hedging and non-airline opera...
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Stocks rise on promise of more stimulusAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — The mere discussion of more economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve was enough to send stocks higher Tuesday. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 20 poin...