All Stories from April 30, 2012 (Change date)
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Spain concerns drag markets downApr 30, 2012 6:57 am - LONDON — Growing concerns over Spain’s financial condition increasingly weighed on markets on Monday, after investors had initially bid up stocks on hopes that the Feder...
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Hologic to buy Gen-Probe for about $3.72BApr 30, 2012 6:56 am - BEDFORD, Mass. — Medical device maker Hologic says it has agreed to buy diagnostic test maker Gen-Probe for about $3.72 billion. Bedford, Mass.-based Hologic Inc. will p...
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B&N, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businessesApr 30, 2012 6:55 am - NEW YORK — Barnes & Noble Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are teaming up to create a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary that will house the digital and college businesses of the boo...
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A magical ‘Beauty and the Beast’Apr 30, 2012 6:43 am - United Parent Support for Down Syndrome (UPS for DownS) and Gymkhana’s White Room Theater have partnered to bring together youth of all abilities to perform “Beauty and ...
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Pepsi partners with Twitter for online concertsApr 30, 2012 6:38 am - NEW YORK — PepsiCo Inc. is tweeting to a new generation of music lovers. The No. 2 soda company is partnering with Twitter to provide streaming videos of live music conc...
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Energy Transfer Partners to buy Sunoco for $5.3BApr 30, 2012 6:37 am - Associated Press DALLAS — Natural gas company Energy Transfer Partners says it will buy Sunoco in a cash-unit deal valued at $5.3 billion. That would expand the footpri...
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Your health: Should you weigh yourself every day?Apr 30, 2012 6:00 am - Scaling back? Should you step on that scale every day? Just once a week? Or keep it tucked away all together? Lavinia Rodriguez, a psychologist and expert in weight...
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Get your cardio while building muscle with weightsApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - This month's workout consists of two strength-training circuits. The first circuit is a lighter round more focused on higher reps, while the second circuit is a heavy ro...
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Add kidneys to list of things that can be recycledApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - It turns out you can recycle just about anything these days — even kidneys and other organs donated for transplants. Just ask Ray Fearing of Arlington Heights and Erwin ...
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Classic Recollections: 1969 Dodge Charger R/TApr 30, 2012 6:00 am - It should come as no surprise that when Blake Dankovich decided upon what muscle car he wanted, he opted to go with a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T. The Chicago resident is mor...