Business Stories from January 7, 2012 (Change date)
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Carpentersville winery to expand in AlgonquinJan 07, 2012 11:00 pm - The Village Vintner Winery in Carpentersville has found a new village to call home. Business owner Steve Boyer closed the winery this week while he moves it two miles n...
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Too much office chatter? What an owner can doJan 07, 2012 6:11 am - NEW YORK — The presidential primary season is upon us, and the Super Bowl isn’t that far off. Small business owners may find productivity dipping as employees talk about...
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5 minerals crucial for clean energy in short supplyJan 07, 2012 6:11 am - Limited supplies of five rare-earth minerals pose a threat to increasing use of clean-energy technologies such as wind turbines and solar panels, a U.S. Energy Departmen...
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Spec-Ops troops study to be part-spy, part-gumshoeJan 07, 2012 6:06 am - FORT BRAGG, N.C. — The raid to grab Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan took just under 40 minutes — roughly 10 to get to bin Laden. Special operators spent much of the rest...
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Review: Shark 360 mouse offers added precisionJan 07, 2012 5:22 am - ATLANTA — Console gaming occasionally gets a boost from add-ons that can make the standard controller more efficient to hold and operate. A new wireless mouse looks to r...
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Key events involving Yahoo and its performanceJan 07, 2012 5:15 am - Key events involving Yahoo Inc. and its performance leading up to Wednesday’s appointment of a new CEO: Nov. 17, 2008: Yahoo Inc. says co-founder Jerry Yang will step do...
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Thompson brings tech background to YahooJan 07, 2012 5:15 am - NEW YORK — Scott Thompson isn’t an obvious pick to lead Yahoo, but he brings to the struggling Internet company expertise in technology and operations. Whether that’s en...
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How much is Yahoo worth? The case for buyingJan 07, 2012 5:06 am - NEW YORK — It’s losing business to Google and Facebook. Its stock has gone nowhere since 2008. It just announced its fourth CEO in five years. It’s enough to make invest...
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IRS contacts 1 in 8 millionaires for extra taxesJan 07, 2012 5:04 am - WASHINGTON — One in eight people earning at least $1 million annually was audited by the Internal Revenue Service last year, making them far likelier to be examined than...
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Experts lowers 2012 tech spending growth forecastJan 07, 2012 4:03 am - NEW YORK) — Research firm Gartner Inc. has lowered its global technology spending growth forecast because of the sluggish economy and the euro crisis. Gartner said this ...
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