Business Stories from September 8, 2011 (Change date)
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Jewel to sell all 27 of its gas stationsSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - SuperValu Inc., parent of Itasca-based Jewel-Osco, said Thursday it will sell 107 fuel centers, including 27 in Chicago and the suburbs that would affect 190 workers. Th...
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Google buys restaurant review service ZagatSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Google has swallowed restaurant review service Zagat to ramp up its efforts to connect people with local businesses. The founders, husband and wife team ...
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Twitter expanding the number of ads shown to usersSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — If you’re on Twitter, expect to see more ads flowing through your stream of tweets in the next few months. The ads will show up even if the promotion is ...
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Russian August New Car Sales Increase 32% as Growth Stabilizes c.2011 Bloomberg NewsSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Russian new car and light commercial vehicle sales increased 32 percent to 224,764 units in August from a year earlier, with growth likely to stab...
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Mortgage rates in U.S. fall to record lowSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - U.S. mortgage rates tumbled to the lowest in at least four decades as stagnant job growth and concern that Europe’s debt crisis is deepening drove investors to the relat...
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ComEd Chairman, CEO Clark to retireSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - PRNewswire CHICAGO — Frank M. Clark, chairman and CEO of ComEd, announced Thursday he will retire from the company upon the closing of parent company Exelon's acquisitio...
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Bernanke puzzled by weak consumer spendingSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said he’s surprised by how cautious consumers have been in the two years since the recession officially ended. But the...
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Bank of England Resists Calls to Add More Monetary StimulusSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - Bank of England officials resisted calls to extend economic stimulus as they attempt to navigate a path between accelerating inflation and a faltering recovery. The nine...
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Bensenville businessman showcased at Obama jobs talkSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - A week after Congressman Peter Roskam toured Chicago White Metal Casting in Bensenville, company President and CEO Eric Treiber got a mysterious email from the Wheaton R...
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China fails to meet wen pledge on market accessSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China said discriminatory laws and regulations still stymie its members from participating in the world’s second- biggest econo...
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