Business Stories from May 14, 2012 (Change date)
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Hyundai car probed after air bag cuts owner’s earMay 14, 2012 1:05 pm - DETROIT — Federal safety regulators are investigating a complaint that a car owner’s ear was cut in half when a side air bag inflated in a Hyundai Elantra. Th...
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Google boosts online search share in RussiaMay 14, 2012 1:05 pm - Google Inc.’s share of the Russian Internet searches rose in the week to May 13, while the portion for competitor Mail.ru Group Ltd. fell and Yandex NV’s stake was uncha...
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Emanuel announces $200M plan for O’Hare cargo centerMay 14, 2012 12:41 pm - The city of Chicago has reached an agreement to begin construction of a cargo center at O’Hare International Airport. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the $200 million proje...
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Quinn: Pension, Medicaid reform a rescue operationMay 14, 2012 12:41 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn is urging an influential group of business leaders in Chicago to add their weight to his push for reforms to Illinois’ debt-laden Medicaid and public pens...
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Grocery store exec Lavelle diesMay 14, 2012 12:11 pm - Funeral services will take place Tuesday for Martin Lavelle, of South Barrington, who owned a grocery store chain and served on the board of a major food distributor. L...
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USPS stalls closure of urban stationsMay 14, 2012 10:30 am - DES MOINES, Iowa — U.S. Postal Service spokesman Richard Watkins says the agency is stalling plans to close 600 urban and suburban postal branch offices and satellite st...
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Gannett finance chief departing to take another jobMay 14, 2012 10:01 am - Gannett Co. Chief Financial Officer Paul Saleh has resigned to take a job at a Fortune 200 company, the newspaper company said. The search for a new CFO is under way, Mc...
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Quinn finds unlikely allies in business communityMay 14, 2012 10:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn built his career on populism and consumer advocacy. But, in the middle of what might be his defining political moment, he finds himself in an unlikely all...
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Yahoo’s Thompson reportedly has thyroid cancerMay 14, 2012 9:53 am - NEW YORK — Yahoo’s Scott Thompson, who was pressured to give up his CEO post because his official biography included a college degree he never received, reportedly has t...
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Google EU investigation delayed by ‘new elements’May 14, 2012 8:03 am - Google Inc.’s antitrust probe by European Union regulators has been delayed by “new elements,” EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said today. Almunia hasn’t rec...