Business Stories from May 2, 2012 (Change date)
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DuPage business leaders told they can influence recoveryMay 02, 2012 12:00 pm - As the world continues to struggle with recession and economic instability, the catalyst for changing the future can come from the local level, a group of experts told D...
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Report: Sun-Times disciplines Cowley over tweetsMay 02, 2012 10:30 am - Media blogger Robert Feder of timeoutchicago.com is reporting that Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist Joe Cowley has been placed on “final notice” — one step away from f...
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Harvard Forms $60 Million Venture With MIT for Online CoursesMay 02, 2012 10:24 am - Harvard University will team with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to offer online courses from their faculties to students around the world that will include q...
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Stinging gas sends May Day protesters fleeingMay 02, 2012 10:24 am - OAKLAND, Calif. — Thousands of protesters in New York demanded an end to income inequality and housing foreclosures. Police fired tear gas to disperse marchers in Oaklan...
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Palatine’s Spunky Dunkers to open Arlington Heights doughnut shopMay 02, 2012 10:00 am - A single bite of any of Spunky Dunkers’ chocolate icing offerings practically ensures today’s first-time patron will be tomorrow’s repeat customer. The crowd favorite is...
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Motorola Mobility takes down Microsoft in German lawsuitMay 02, 2012 10:00 am - Libertyville-based Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. has won a patent ruling allowing it to ban Microsoft Corp. from selling its Windows 7, Internet Explorer and Media Pla...
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2 Georgia counties take up Caterpillar agreementMay 02, 2012 8:00 am - ATHENS, Ga. — The Athens-Clarke County Commission has approved a more detailed agreement with Oconee County that outlines how the two governments will cooperate on a new...
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SwedishAmerican Health makes cuts in RockfordMay 02, 2012 7:00 am - ROCKFORD — SwedishAmerican Health System plans to cut jobs and outsource services as it works to trim $9.5 million from its budget. The cuts involve 125 jobs, including ...
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Oil falls below $106 after mixed US supply reportMay 02, 2012 6:56 am - SINGAPORE — Oil prices fell to below $106 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after a report showed U.S. crude supplies grew for a sixth week while gasoline inventories fell. Ben...
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Eurozone unemployment hits record highMay 02, 2012 6:55 am - LONDON — Record high unemployment for the 17 countries that use the euro is set to increase the pressure on Europe’s leaders to switch from a focus on austerity to a pro...