Business Stories from September 30, 2011 (Change date)
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Lakers’ Bryant Said to Get $3 Million Offer to Play in ItalySep 30, 2011 12:00 am - Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant may get $3 million to play about 10 games in Italy for Virtus Bologna during the National Basketball Association’s lockout, accordin...
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Utopia grows exponentially for third straight yearSep 30, 2011 12:00 am - PRNewswire MUNDELEIN — For the third year in a row, Utopia Inc. was ranked as of America’s fastest-growing private companies as reported by Inc. Magazine rankings. Utopi...
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Business activity in u.S. Unexpectedly climbed in SeptemberSep 30, 2011 12:00 am - Business activity in the U.S. unexpectedly accelerated in September, a sign executives are betting the economy will weather recent slumps in stocks and confidence. The I...
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Buffett says voluntary tax on wealthy akin to the ‘tooth fairy’Sep 30, 2011 12:00 am - Warren Buffett, the billionaire who runs Berkshire Hathaway Inc., told Fox Business Network that it’s not realistic to ask ultra-wealthy taxpayers to voluntarily increas...
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Sysmex releases new version of clinical softwareSep 30, 2011 12:00 am - PRNewswire MUNDELEIN — Sysmex America Inc. has released the newest version of its Sysmex WAM middleware software platform. The Sysmex WAM Management Reports Module featu...
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Midwest real estate data launches down payment assistance programSep 30, 2011 12:00 am - Lisle-based Midwest Real Estate Data and Atlanta-based Workforce Resource have launched Down Payment Resource to MRED’s nearly 40,000 customers and othersthroughout the ...
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Myanmar to stop construction of controversial damSep 30, 2011 12:00 am - YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s president called Friday for a halt to construction of a controversial Chinese-backed hydroelectric dam in the country’s north, a move that ha...
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Eurozone inflation jumps to 3 percent in SeptemberSep 30, 2011 12:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany — Inflation jumped to a startling 3.0 percent in September in the 17 countries that use the euro, its highest level since October 2008. The number rep...
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US stock futures lower as gloomy 3rd quarter endsSep 30, 2011 12:00 am - U.S. stock futures are falling as traders close out what could be the worst quarter since the peak of the financial crisis. Fears about a European debt crisis with poten...
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Consumer spending in U.S. slowed in August as incomes fellSep 30, 2011 12:00 am - Consumer spending in the U.S. slowed in August as incomes unexpectedly dropped for the first time in almost two years, forcing households to dip into savings. Purchases ...