Business Stories from February 16, 2012 (Change date)
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Congress sends payroll tax cut bill to ObamaFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON - Congress passed a $150 billion economic package Friday, extending for the rest of the year a payroll tax holiday for 160 million workers and unemployment be...
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Deal trims maximum jobless benefits to 73 weeksFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Long-term unemployed workers in states with persisting high joblessness soon would no longer be able to count on unemployment benefit checks for up to 99 we...
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Record $6 trillion of fake U.S. bonds seized in Mafia probeFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - Italian anti-mafia prosecutors said they seized a record $6 trillion of allegedly fake U.S. Treasury bonds, an amount that's almost half of the U.S.'s public debt. The b...
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Udina losing its General StoreFeb 16, 2012 10:00 pm - The General Store of Udina is closing after being a bastion of small-town heart the last eight years. Locals are mourning the loss of a convenience store where they coul...
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Dillard: School pension plan a ‘realistic threat’Feb 16, 2012 4:30 am - Anyone who thinks Illinois would never shift billions of dollars in teacher retirement costs onto local school districts had better think again, state Sen. Kirk Dillard ...
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