Business Stories from January 15, 2012 (Change date)
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Zappos says customer database hackedJan 15, 2012 11:00 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. — Online shoe seller Zappos.com says a hacker may have accessed the personal information of up to 24 million customers. Customers’ credit card and paymen...
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ITW, Relational set pact amid pressure to pare downJan 15, 2012 11:00 pm - GLENVIEW — Illinois Tool Works Inc. and Relational Investors LLC have entered into an agreement that gives Relational an option to appoint David H. Batchelder, its princ...
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LL Bean celebrates 100th with a boot on wheelsJan 15, 2012 11:00 pm - FREEPORT, Maine — Back in the days before retailers like Gap, J. Crew or American Outfitters, there were guys like L.L. Bean, Eddie Bauer, David Abercrombie and Ezra Fit...
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Three AAR Airlift employees killed in helicopter crashJan 15, 2012 11:00 pm - KABUL, Afghanistan — A civilian helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan Monday, killing all three people on board, an Afghan official said. The crew members were empl...
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S&P downgrades eurozone bailout fund to AA+Jan 15, 2012 11:00 pm - BRUSSELS — Rating agency Standard & Poor’s said Monday it has downgraded the creditworthiness of the eurozone’s rescue fund by one notch to AA+, putting the fund’s abili...
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Electric plants shift from coal to natural gasJan 15, 2012 11:00 pm - PITTSBURGH — The huge, belching smokestacks of electric power plants have long symbolized air pollution woes. But a shift is under way: More and more electric plants aro...
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AAR sells $175 million in notes to cover purchasesJan 15, 2012 11:00 pm - PRNewswire WOOD DALE — AAR Corp. will sell $175 million in unsecured notes to help repay the company’s recent purchases of two European firms. AAR purchased Telair Inter...
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Manufacturer seeks tax break to come to SchaumburgJan 15, 2012 11:00 pm - ACIC Group, an international manufacturer of pharmaceutical machinery and equipment, is seeking a Cook County Class 6B tax incentive to locate in a long-vacant industria...
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Brothers build global sign business in BloomingtonJan 15, 2012 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — In an unassuming building on Bloomington’s west side, Melvin Kull guides aluminum sheets through large machinery to create traffic signs — from stop ...
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Was 2011 tough on your 401(k)? Be patient in 2012Jan 15, 2012 7:00 am - It’s not easy saving for retirement these days. In 2011, with memories of the 2008 market meltdown still fresh on their minds, retirement investors saw a gut-wrenching r...
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