Business Stories from February 21, 2012 (Change date)
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Medical officials find mercury in lightening creamFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — California health officials became alarmed when a 39-year-old Mexican-American woman in Alameda County was diagnosed with mercury poisoning, giving her h...
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U.S. Slavery Museum files reorganization planFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - RICHMOND, Va. — The U.S. Slavery Museum has filed a reorganization plan that assumes it can raise at least $900,000 a year and would repay the city of Fredericksburg, Va...
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Treasury to release corporate tax plan WednesdayFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — A senior administration official says the Obama administration is proposing to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 28 percent. It also seeks a dee...
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T-Mobile asks FCC to block Verizon-cable dealFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — T-Mobile USA, which just had its acquisition by AT&T blocked by regulators, is urging the federal government to block another deal in the wireless world: Veri...
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Deutsche Bank said to add 500 million euros to 2013 notesFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - Deutsche Bank AG added 500 million euros to its floating-rate notes due in March 2013, according to a banker with knowledge of the transaction. ...
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Citigroup plans third debt saleFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - Citigroup Inc. is offering three-year notes in its third bond sale this year as the bank, facing maturities from a 2008 emergency credit program, plans to raise as much ...
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Arlington Heights man claims employer fired him for jury dutyFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - An Arlington Heights man’s claim he lost his job as an electronics sales associate because of jury duty has merit, a federal judge said in a ruling this month. Chief Jud...
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Navistar stockholders re-elect three to board of directorsFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - LISLE — Navistar International Corp. announced that stockholders elected three incumbent directors to the board of directors, approved a nonbinding advisory vote on exec...
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U.S. Stocks decline on global economic reportsFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - U.S. stocks declined, a day after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index failed to hold at an almost four-year high, as Dell Inc. tumbled and reports from Europe and China fuel...
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Greek lawmakers rush to clear promised austerityFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - ATHENS, Greece — Greece scrambled Wednesday to adopt a batch of emergency laws that will further cut incomes and government spending, while revising deficit estimates hi...