Business Stories from March 1, 2012 (Change date)
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Oil boom and a kidnapping alter Montana townMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - SIDNEY, Mont. — Sidney isn’t the first town in the West to get hit by a gold rush, in this case black gold — more than 16 million barrels of crude being pumped every mon...
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Sara Lee spinoff to distribute $4.6 billion in stockMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Downers Grove-based Sara Lee Corp. says that its shareholders will get stock valued at up to $4.55 billion when it spins off its international coffee and tea business la...
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US stock futures lower as Spain will miss targetsMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — U.S. stock futures fell Friday after Spain’s prime minister said his country will miss its deficit targets this year. Dow Jones industrial futures are down 32...
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BYOB requires liquor license in LombardMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Lombard restaurants that don't serve alcohol but want to allow customers to bring their own liquor will have to apply for a license under a village code update approved ...
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Horse adds light relief to UK phone hacking sagaMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - LONDON — It was a gift horse to British cartoonists. News that the Metropolitan Police had loaned a retired horse named Raisa to former News International chief Rebekah ...
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Annual pet spending passes $50 billion markMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Americans spent $50.96 billion on their pets in 2011. That’s an all-time high and the first time in history more than $50 billion has gone to the dogs, ca...
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Food-stamp use reaches record 46.5 million in DecemberMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - U.S. food-stamp use, which Republicans have cited as evidence of a failing economy, rose 0.5 percent to a record in December, the government said. About 46.514 million ...
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Madoff trustee's $900 million lawsuit goes to district courtMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - A $900 million lawsuit by the liquidator of Bernard Madoff's firm against Frank Avellino and other defendants will be reviewed by a district judge, according to a decisi...
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Spain’s jobless claims up 112,000 in FebruaryMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - MADRID — Spain’s Labor Ministry says the number of people filing for unemployment benefits rose by 112,269 in January, raising the overall figure to a rounded 4.7 millio...
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CNH names construction equipment execMar 01, 2012 11:00 pm - BURR RIDGE — CNH Global N.V. announced that CNH International General Manager Mario Gasparri will become president of CNH Construction Equipment, effective April 1. Here...