Business Stories from January 25, 2012 (Change date)
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Elgin's HotVouch wants to make you a dealJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - A father-and-son team from Elgin have jumped into the highly competitive deal/coupon mix with HotVouch.com. It started when Brandon Scheffler graduated from Rockford Col...
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16 percent of Q3 Ill. home sales were foreclosuresJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - Sixteen percent of homes sold in Illinois in the third quarter of 2011 were in foreclosure or owned by a bank. That’s according to a report released Thursday by Irvine, ...
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Internet video providers testing water with own programmingJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — After years of experimenting, the top video destinations on the Web are suddenly flush with original programming: documentaries, reality shows and scripted se...
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California poised to vote on new ‘clean car’ regsJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — The head of California’s air quality board on Thursday called proposed rules that would require automakers to build less-polluting cars and trucks by 202...
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Davos leaders look to China’s investments abroadJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - DAVOS, Switzerland — Chinese investment abroad is drawing scrutiny as global leaders increasingly look to China to prop up the world economy, even as some remain wary of...
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SARET store closing doors in Glen EllynJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - A downtown Glen Ellyn boutique that uses its proceeds to benefit charity will be closing its doors for good this weekend. SARET Treasures of Hope, 449 N. Main St., had m...
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No energy industry backing for ‘fracking’Jan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — A different kind of F-word is stirring a linguistic and political debate as controversial as what it defines. The word is “fracking” — as in hydraulic fractur...
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Dow opens near post-crisis peak but ends lowerJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - A brief morning rally Thursday pushed the Dow Jones industrial average above its highest close since the financial crisis of 2008, but disappointing economic data temper...
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Report: Taxpayers still owed $132.9B from bailoutJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — A government watchdog says U.S. taxpayers are still owed $132.9 billion that companies haven’t repaid from the financial bailout, and some of that will neve...
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Parent of Obama-backed battery maker goes bankruptJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The parent company of an electric car battery maker that received a $118 million grant from the Obama administration filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protect...
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