Business Stories from February 12, 2012 (Change date)
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Downers Grove's Dover to purchase Swiss companyFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - Industrial parts manufacturer Dover Corp., of Downers Grove, is buying Switzerland's Maag Group in order to broaden its geographic reach and bolster its fluid solutions ...
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Norway faces severe credit shock on household debtFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - Norway faces “severe” imbalances in its credit and property markets as households continue to amass debt at unsustainable levels, according to the head of the country’s ...
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Airbus, IG Metall agree on temporary-labor limit at German sitesFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - Airbus SAS reached an agreement with employees at its four factories in Germany that will cap the use of contract workers at 20 percent starting this year, the planemake...
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ITW board names board members, executiveFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - PRNewswire Glenview-based Illinois Tool Works Inc. announced that Daniel J. Brutto and James W. Griffith have been elected to ITW’s board of directors. In addition, Mari...
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AT&T customers surprised by ‘unlimited data’ limitFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Mike Trang likes to use his iPhone 4 as a GPS device, helping him get around in his job. Now and then, his younger cousins get ahold of it, and play some YouT...
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U.S., EU clear Google's Motorola Mobility bidFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of cellphone maker Motorola Mobility has won approvals from U.S. and European antitrust regulators, moving Google a ma...
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Empire State Building controller plans $1 billion initial offerFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - The company that controls the Empire State Building, the landmark 102-story skyscraper in midtown Manhattan, plans to raise as much as $1 billion in a share sale and bec...
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Kenny Construction names two board membersFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - PRNewswire Northbrook-based Kenny Construction Co. named Michael Africk and Michael Futch to the company’s board of directors. Both men bring decades of experience and l...
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Japan's economy shrinks 2.3 percent in 4QFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - TOKYO — Japan's economy shrank 2.3 percent in the fourth quarter as manufacturers were battered by the strong yen, weak export demand amid the European debt crisis and f...
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McDonald's asks suppliers to stop using hog cratesFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa — McDonald's Corp. said Monday it will require its U.S. pork suppliers to provide plans by May to phase out crates that tightly confine pregnant sows, a...
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