Business Stories from February 26, 2012 (Change date)
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Shell to close operations in Illinois, MissouriFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - ROXANA — Shell Oil Co. plans to close its oil blending and packaging plant in Roxana, where Shell began operations in 1918. A company spokeswoman says the Wood River Ble...
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Moto Mobility to offer business smartphone trade-in programFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - PRNewswire LIBERTYVILLE — Motorola Mobility will offer up to $200 cash back for a business user’s old smartphone when they purchase a Motorola Business Ready smartphone....
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Dow at 13,000 again on housing newsFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - The Dow Jones industrial average is taking another shot at 13,000. The average fell 100 points at the open Monday, then climbed back above 13,000 after a report that the...
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Pressure builds for civilian drone flights at homeFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Heads up: Drones are going mainstream. Civilian cousins of the unmanned military aircraft that have tracked and killed terrorists in the Middle East and Asi...
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Close but not quite for the Dow in push for 13,000Feb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - The Dow Jones industrial average narrowly missed 13,000. Again. A burst of selling at the closing bell drove the Dow lower after it hovered around the milestone for most...
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Surging oil prices weighing on marketsFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - LONDON — Sky-high oil prices weighed on markets Monday as investors worried that the increases could choke off a burgeoning economic recovery, particularly in the U.S. S...
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Groups weigh in on hospital tax exemptionsFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - With a deadline looming, competing proposals are emerging for legal standards on how Illinois nonprofit hospitals could keep their property tax exemptions. Gov. Pat Quin...
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Union will push tax on Wall Street at Chicago G-8Feb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - The nation’s largest nurses union will call for a tax on Wall Street institutions at a march and rally in Chicago the day before the city hosts the G-8 and NATO summits....
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Sales contracts for U.S. homes up 2 pct. in JanuaryFeb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes rose in January to the highest level in nearly two years, supporting the view that the housing mar...
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United to fly between Chicago and Sarasota, Fla.Feb 26, 2012 11:00 pm - United Airlines said Monday that it plans to begin daily non-stop flights between Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Sarasota, Fla., beginning in November. The onc...