Business Stories from January 1, 2012 (Change date)
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CEO of Israel’s Teva Pharm stepping downJan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - JERUSALEM — Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. says chief executive Shlomo Yanai is stepping down in May. The company said in a release Sunday that Dr. Jeremy Levin, a ...
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Obama, Congress begin 2012 in oil pipeline disputeJan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Congress are starting the election year locked in a tussle over a proposed 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to Texas that will...
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Spain: 2011 deficit could be higher than 8 pctJan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - MADRID — Spain’s new finance minister says the country’s deficit for 2011 could be even higher than the larger-than-forecast 8 percent of GDP it announced last week. Lui...
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Small businesses may have a happier New YearJan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - We won’t know with any certainty for another 364 days, but there are indications that 2012 may be a better year for small businesses. At least that’s the cautious opinio...
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Sears Holdings completes Orchard Supply spinoffJan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. announced it has completed its spinoff of its interest in Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corporation. Orchard is now independe...
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Exxon Mobil: $908 M awarded in Venezuela disputeJan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - CARACAS, Venezuela — An international arbitration body has awarded Exxon Mobil Corp. nearly $908 million in a dispute with Venezuela over compensation for the nationaliz...
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Expert: Wastewater well in Ohio triggered quakesJan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - CLEVELAND — A northeast Ohio well used to dispose of wastewater from oil and gas drilling almost certainly caused a series of 11 minor quakes in the Youngstown area sinc...
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KONE receives environmental certification in MexicoJan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - PRNewswire LISLE — KONE Inc., one of the world’s leading elevator and escalator companies, recently received the FINE Certification for its KONE Monospace and MiniSpaceT...
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High court to hear environmental caseJan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Mike Sackett remembers what he thought when he saw the eye-popping fines of more than $30,000 a day that the Environmental Protection Agency was threatening...
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Rupert Murdoch joins TwitterJan 01, 2012 11:00 pm - LONDON — Rupert Murdoch has begun the new year by setting up in a new field of communications — he’s started tweeting. The media mogul, who is recovering from perhaps hi...
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