Business Stories from February 26, 2012 (Change date)
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Lowe's 4Q net income climbs, revenue increasesFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Lowe's Cos.' fiscal fourth-quarter net income rose 13 percent on an 11 percent rise in revenue, helped by an extra week in the period compared with a...
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U.K. singer gets $951,000 in Murdoch hacking caseFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - LONDON — Charlotte Church, who testified before a media inquiry of being hounded by Rupert Murdoch’s journalists when she was a teen singing sensation, received 600,000 ...
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Scientists see red on NASA cuts of Mars missionsFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — NASA is making a cosmic U-turn on the road to Mars. For the past two decades, the U.S. space agency has been practically obsessed with Mars. It has hardly m...
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Latest attempt to raise airfares stallsFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - DALLAS — Airlines have already imposed two broad fare increases in 2012, but the latest effort to raise prices is stalling. Low-fare airlines are hesitating to match las...
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Allstate chief marketing officer resignsFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - Allstate Chief Marketing Officer Mark LaNeve resigned Monday for personal reasons, according to the company. LaNeve’s announcement comes amid a number of personnel chang...
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Olympus board resigns, taps chairman from bankFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - TOKYO — The entire board of scandal-tainted Olympus Corp. is resigning, and a new president and chairman were tapped Monday to lead a turnaround at the Japanese medical ...
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UL expands LED testing capability with Zhaga authorizationFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - PRNewswire NORTHBROOK — Underwriters Laboratoriessaid it has been named a Zhaga authorized testing center. Zhaga is an industrywide cooperative aimed at the development ...
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Off-track betting may come to Prospect Hts.Feb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - Prospect Heights Mayor Nick Helmer predicts an off-track betting operation from Buffalo Grove will be under construction in his city in about a month. The city council i...
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Apple wins court ruling blocking pro-Motorola verdictFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - Apple Inc. won a German appeals court ruling temporarily blocking the enforcement of a patent verdict obtained by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. in December. Motorola M...
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Recovery bypasses Silicon Valley non-tech workersFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - MENLO PARK, Calif. — Daniel Macias is the face of Silicon Valley seldom seen by those who don't live there. When he was 19, he wasn't starting what would become one of t...
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