Business Stories from January 17, 2012 (Change date)
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Palatine Area Chamber to host awards dinner Jan. 26Jan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - The Palatine Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its third annual Key to Success Awards and Installation Dinner Thursday, Jan. 26, at Cotillion Banquets, 360 S. Creekside...
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Congress revisiting bruising payroll tax cut fightJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — With television lights glaring, 20 lawmakers will gather next week to revisit the fight that consumed Congress before Christmas over renewing a Social Secur...
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Aon Hewitt to offer Birches Group surveysJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - Aon Hewitt in Lincolnshire announced it will offer Birches Group compensation surveys to its clients in countries with emerging economies. Birches Group LLC is a New Yo...
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Stern Pinball launches AC/DC machineJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - Stern Pinball Inc.in Melrose Park, the world's only maker of real pinball games, announced the availability of the AC/DC pinball machine. The newest addition to the Ster...
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Obama rejects Canada-Texas oil pipeline — for nowJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Raising the stakes on a bitter election-year fight with Republicans, President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected a Canadian company's plan to build a U.S.-...
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Crucial debt talks to resume in AthensJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - ATHENS, Greece — Global bank representatives are due back in Athens to restart debt talks with the government in negotiations that are crucial to avoid default. The head...
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Toyota Prius wagon sales top GM Volt in 10 weeksJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - Toyota Motor Corp. scored a victory in 2011 as U.S. deliveries of its Prius v wagon in 10 weeks topped sales of General Motors Co.’s Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid that w...
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Sikich Investment leads recapitalization of FiberLinkJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - CHICAGO — Sikich Investment Banking said it completed a recapitalization of FiberLink LLC, an owner of regional fiber optic routes between Chicago and Denver and Chicago...
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More sharing comes to Facebook with new appsJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is adding a bevy of new applications to let users share everything from photos of what they cooked for dinner, what they are we...
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UK unemployment rate hits 17-year high of 8.4 pctJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - LONDON — Official figures show that Britain’s unemployment rate spiked to 8.4 percent in November, its highest level since 1995. The figure is up from last month’s 8.3 p...
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