Business Stories from January 30, 2012 (Change date)
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Plan would help military families take leaveJan 30, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration proposed new rules this week to help military families care for service members when they are injured or called to active duty on s...
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Jobs return to Midwest, lift Obama campaignJan 30, 2012 11:00 pm - SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — From northern Michigan's iron mines to Pennsylvania's natural-gas fields, the industrial heartland of America is humming with jobs again as a region ...
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Hospira names Davies as vice presidentJan 30, 2012 11:00 pm - LAKE FOREST — Hospira Inc. announced Richard Davies has been named senior vice president and chief commercial officer. In this role, he will be responsible for developin...
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Consumer confidence retreats in JanuaryJan 30, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — A private research group says that consumer confidence retreated in January after two straight months of big gains. The Conference Board is reporting Tuesday ...
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House transportation bill would spend nearly $270BJan 30, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — House Republicans are proposing to spend nearly $270 billion over the next 4 ½ years on transportation programs as a way to preserve jobs. Transportation ex...
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U.S. steel may take $400 million loss on Serbia plant saleJan 30, 2012 11:00 pm - U.S. Steel Corp., the nation’s largest producer of the metal by volume, will take a loss of $350 million to $400 million in the first quarter on its planned sale of a pl...
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Fed: US banks tighten lending to Europe banksJan 30, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — A Federal Reserve survey has found that more than half of U.S. banks that lend to European banks have tightened their standards, a reflection of the persist...
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Cosmo’s Brown donating $30M to Columbia, StanfordJan 30, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Cosmopolitan magazine’s longtime editor Helen Gurley Brown is donating $30 million to Stanford and Columbia universities to create a bicoastal media “innovati...
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Obama wants small-business bill this yearJan 30, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Seeking cooperation in a polarized climate, President Barack Obama called on Congress Tuesday to act quickly on bipartisan measures that would extend tax br...
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Ex-Bears kicker to host cooking demo Saturday at MeijerJan 30, 2012 11:00 pm - Former Chicago Bears kicker Kevin Butler will make a special appearance at Meijer in Rolling Meadows to promote healthy cooking. Butler will be joined by Maribel Alchin,...