Business Stories from February 12, 2012 (Change date)
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Grainger January sales increase 17 percentFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - PRNewswire Mettawa-based W.W. Grainger reported sales results for January increased 17 percent over the same period last year. Excluding acquisitions, the company said s...
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Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines mulls Cyprus Airways investmentFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - Lebanese national carrier Middle East Airlines is looking at taking a stake in unprofitable Cyprus Airways Ltd., Chairman Mohamad el-Hout said today. “We are still in th...
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Chinese city seizes Apple iPads in name disputeFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - BEIJING — Authorities have seized Apple iPads from retailers in a city in northern China due to a dispute with a domestic company that says it owns the iPad name, an off...
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Italian bonds rise as Greek vote cuts contagion riskFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - German bunds fell, underperforming all their euro-area peers, after Greek lawmakers approved spending cuts demanded by European finance chiefs, reducing investor appetit...
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Top 10 pharmaceutical firm to use NanoGuardian technology to stop counterfeitingFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - Marketwire Skokie-based NanoInk Inc.’s NanoGuardian division has signed a multiyear deal with a Top 10 global pharmaceutical company to supply nanotechnology products to...
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National tool warehouse files for bankruptcy court protectionFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - To contact the reporter on this story: Phil Milford in Wilmington, Delaware at pmilfordbloomberg.net ...
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Independent group inspecting Apple suppliersFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Apple said Monday that an independent group, the Fair Labor Association, has started inspecting working conditions in the Chinese factories where its iPads an...
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European stocks rise after Greek austerity approvalFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - European stocks advanced the most in more than a week after Greek lawmakers approved austerity measures needed to get the financial rescue the nation seeks. Mining share...
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JPmorgan gets bullish as BofA says yields entice: credit marketsFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp., the two biggest U.S. underwriters of bonds, are advising investors to stick with investment-grade debt even as yields app...
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U.S. probes door fires in 2006, 2007 TrailBlazersFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - DETROIT — Federal safety regulators are investigating fires in the driver’s side doors of Chevy TrailBlazers, the second such probe in a week. The latest inquiry involve...