Business Stories from January 8, 2012 (Change date)
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America hits the brakes on health care spendingJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Is health-care relief finally in sight? Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation's economy in 2010 after two back-to-back years of historically l...
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Arlington Heights center offers help for the 'everyday athlete'Jan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - An interview with Karen Stoychoff Inman, co-owner of Elite Athletic Development in Arlington Heights. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: Elite Athletic D...
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Follett Corp. president, CEO to retireJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - RIVER GROVE — Chuck Follett, president and CEO of Follett Corp., today announcedhe will retire after 38 years of service with the company. Follett is the operator of col...
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Swiss lawmakers to grill central bank chief MondayJan 08, 2012 11:00 pm - GENEVA — A Swiss parliamentary committee plans to hold a Monday hearing with central bank chief Philipp Hildebrand behind closed doors in a bid to get answers about priv...
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Oil hovers below $102 ahead of Europe meetingJan 08, 2012 10:00 pm - SINGAPORE — Oil prices hovered below $102 a barrel Monday in Asia amid investor concern that a meeting between the leaders of Germany and France won't yield a plan that ...
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Germany presses for cuts as Merkel, Sarkozy meetJan 08, 2012 10:00 pm - BERLIN — Germany's finance minister on Monday pushed countries that use the euro to follow up on deficit-cutting pledges, saying ahead of a meeting between the French an...
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Nigerian workers start strike that may disrupt oil exportsJan 08, 2012 10:00 pm - Nigeria — Nigerian workers began a national strike after fuel costs more than doubled, threatening to shut ports and disrupt output from Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Chevro...
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Dodge Dart to join compact car raceJan 08, 2012 10:00 pm - DETROIT — If the new Dodge Dart sells anything like the original, Chrysler will have the small-car hit it needs. The reinvented compact, unveiled at the Detroit auto sho...
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Walgreen Chicago flagship to sell sushi, fine wineJan 08, 2012 10:00 pm - Walgreens is opening a two-story flagship store in Chicago's Loop that aims to revamp the drugstore chain's image. The store will feature manicures, a cigar humidor, sus...
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Stocks mixed on first day of earnings seasonJan 08, 2012 10:00 pm - Stocks are mixed at midday as investors look ahead to Alcoa Inc.'s fourth-quarter results, the unofficial start of corporate earnings season. Alcoa will release its fina...