Business Stories from October 5, 2011 (Change date)
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Home Depot pitches in at Little CityOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - About 50 Home Depot employees joined workers and Little City Foundation representatives Tuesday to renovate one of the Little City Community Integrated Living homes in P...
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Mount Prospect board approves Panera for Randhurst VillageOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - Plans are moving forward for a new Panera Bread in Mount Prospect's Randhurst Village, despite one village leader's concerns over its proposed drive-through window. The ...
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Panetta softens gates NATO plea with Libya, Afghanistan roleOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta drew on the achievements of NATO’s operation in Libya to call for a greater commitment to the alliance even in times of budget cuts, ...
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RTA sees headway in fight over sales tax havensOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - Regional Transportation Authority leaders hope a change of heart by an appliance store chain is a sign of more sales tax dollars to come. The RTA sued the villages of Ch...
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World has “bigger problem” than in 2008, Taleb saysOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the best-selling book “The Black Swan,” said the current global market turmoil is worse than it was in 2008 because countries such as th...
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Zimbabwe's Economy to Expand as Much as 9% in 2012Oct 05, 2011 12:00 am - Zimbabwe's economy will probably expand between 7.8 percent and 9 percent next year, led by agriculture and mining, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said. The southern Afric...
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Sears weighing offers from Texas, OhioOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - Sears Holdings Inc. executives soon may stop their shopping spree for a new headquarters after receiving offers of financial incentives from Austin, Texas, and Columbus,...
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Blue Diamond Fetches Record $10 Million, Ming Vase $26 Million c.2011 Bloomberg NewsOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - Oct. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese bidders pushed prices for Ming and bling to records at a Hong Kong auction last night, undaunted by volatility on stock markets across the ...
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HSBC Said to Offer Bond Tied to U.K. Credit Cards BillsOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - HSBC Holdings Plc plans to sell $500 million of bonds backed by credit-card bills to U.K. consumers in its first issue of asset-backed securities since 2007. Europe’s la...
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India’s hdfc said to raise $600 million for property fundOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - Housing Development Finance Corp., India’s largest mortgage lender, plans to raise its fourth property fund from overseas investors, said two people with direct knowledg...