Business Stories from September 13, 2011 (Change date)
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Chicago chocolate bar: 12,000 pounds, 21 feet longSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - Now that’s a chocolaty treat! Chicago-based World’s Finest Chocolate on Tuesday made a chocolate bar that weighs 12,000 pounds and measures 3 feet high and 21 feet long....
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AP sources: Govt to expand E. coli tests in meatSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — For years government officials have tested meat for only one strain of E. coli. Now they will test for seven, a move that will hasten recalls of infected me...
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U.S. airlines collect fewer bag feesSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — U.S. airlines collected slightly fewer baggage fees in the in the first three months of the year despite an uptick in travelers. The data, released Tuesday by...
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1 dead, 4 hurt in French nuclear explosionSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - PARIS — A nuclear waste site in southern France had an explosion Monday that killed one person, seriously burned another and slightly injured three others, France's nuc...
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Best Buy 2nd quarter net income dropsSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS — Best Buy Co. says its fiscal second-quarter net income fell 30 percent as consumers hit the pause button on buying electronics while fears about the global...
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Schaumburg business leaders talk about volunteerismSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - Volunteers, like corporate America, are forced to do “more with less,” Christine Smith, chief operating officer of HandsOn Suburban Chicago, told business leaders at tod...
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James Murdoch faces second grilling in ParliamentSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - James Murdoch will be recalled for a second grilling before Britain’s Parliament, a senior lawmaker investigating the tabloid phone hacking scandal said Tuesday. The ann...
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Medco Honors APAC Customer Services with awardSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - Marketwire BANNOCKBURN — APAC Customer Services, Inc. a leading provider of global customer care services and back office solutions, has been awarded Medco’s prestigious...
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International oil prices fall as demand easesSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Drivers and businesses will use a little less fuel than previously thought this year, and that hurt international crude prices on Monday. Brent crude, which i...
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Italy confirms China talks amid bond help reportsSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - ROME — Italy confirmed reports Tuesday that the treasury minister has met with China’s sovereign wealth fund amid speculation that Rome is looking to persuade Beijing to...
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