Business Stories from January 3, 2012 (Change date)
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Delta, Lufthansa to hike prices to cover emissionsJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Within days of new European rules on carbon emissions produced by passenger jets, two major airlines say they will raise fares. Delta Air Lines Inc. began add...
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Post-Christmas bargains push sales higherJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - Associated Press NEW YORK — A flurry of post-Christmas bargain shopping helped drive sales higher in the last week of December, according to a report Wednesday from a sh...
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United plane’s toilet fault forces China flight back to NewarkJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - A United Continental Holdings Inc. flight to Shanghai landed in Canada and then returned to New York’s Newark airport because of a toilet fault. The plane spent a couple...
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Eurozone inflation eases to 2.8% in DecemberJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - BRUSSELS — Official figures show that inflation in the 17 countries that use the euro fell to 2.8 percent in the year to December from 3 percent the previous month. The ...
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Bartlett trustee obtains home occupation permit after controversyJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - Bartlett trustee Greg Martin, who has run an art business out of his home since 1998, only recently obtained the proper home occupation permit. He said he began research...
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Forecast: German 2012 economy to grow 0.6 percentJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - BERLIN — A leading German economic think tank says it is lowering its 2012 growth estimate for Europe’s largest economy to 0.6 percent. The DIW think tank said Wednesday...
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World stocks mixed ahead of key meetings in GreeceJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - BANGKOK — World stock markets were mixed Wednesday, as encouraging signs about the U.S. economy were tempered by investors’ fears that time was running out for Greece to...
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Dollar near 1-week low versus Euro on growth signsJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - The dollar traded 0.3 percent from its lowest level in a week versus the euro before U.S. reports that economists said will show factory orders increased and service ind...
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Bloomingdale’s home store to close in Oak Brook, new Macy’s to open in GurneeJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - Cincinnati-based Macy’s Inc. Wednesday said it will close its Bloomingdale’s Home & Furniture store in Oakbrook Center and open a new Macy’s in Gurnee next year. The an...
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Stock market mixed a day after big gainsJan 03, 2012 11:00 pm - Stocks barely budged Wednesday, letting investors hold on to their gains from a strong opening to the year a day earlier. Strong December sales boosted carmakers and sp...