Business Stories from September 8, 2011 (Change date)
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Illinois governor wins dismissal of public employees’ lawsuitSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn won dismissal of a lawsuit by a public-employees union seeking to reverse an order freezing the pay of 30,000 government workers. The America...
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Chicago hot dog war ends in truceSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - A dogfight in federal court over who makes America’s tastiest wieners has ended with a fizzle. The two-year battle pitted Sara Lee’s Ball Park and Kraft Foods’ Oscar May...
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NorthShore names Bailes to head Neurological InstituteSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - EVANSTON — NorthShore University HealthSystem has named Julian E. Bailes, M.D., chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery and co-director of the NorthShore Neurological...
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Stocks slide after Bernanke offers no new stimulusSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Stocks closed sharply lower Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered no new insight into whether the central bank will act soon to prop up...
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Google reveals energy use to show search is greenSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Stung by concerns that using Google is bad for the planet, the Internet search giant has revealed exactly how much electricity the company uses and how much g...
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Lawmaker’s sign cracks decorum at Obama job speechSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Rep. Jeff Landry knew not to yell at President Barack Obama during his jobs address Thursday night to Congress. That move made Rep. Joe Wilson famous a coup...
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Airline debit-card fees being investigated by u.K. RegulatorSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - Britain’s Office of Fair Trading opened a formal probe into airlines that ignored a request to increase transparency of the fees they charge for using debit and credit c...
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US stock futures drop after jobs dataSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK— U.S. stock futures fell Thursday after a report showed that more workers joined the unemployment lines last week. First-time applications for unemployment bene...
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Spanish teachers back to school in a grumpy moodSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - MADRID — The mood in Spain’s classrooms is gloomy as the academic year begins with public school teachers announcing a wave of national rallies Thursday to protest again...
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Walmart to offer layaway option this ChristmasSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - Walmart announced Friday that it will offer a Christmas layaway program for electronics and toys. Available at all stores nationwide, the program will kick off on Oct. 1...