Business Stories from June 1, 2012 (Change date)
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Scandal grows around Argentine vice presidentJun 01, 2012 2:30 pm - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentine President Cristina Fernandez’s second-in-command is known as a fun-loving, guitar-playing renegade who wore a leather jacket to their...
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States looking to new tolls to pay for highwaysJun 01, 2012 2:27 pm - WASHINGTON — Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay. With Congress unwilling ...
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Park City casino could add 1,000 jobs, mayor saysJun 01, 2012 2:01 pm - There are no clear plans yet for the proposed Park City casino in Lake County, but Mayor Steve Pannell has outlined expectations of adding 1,000 new jobs to the area. Pa...
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$39 million medical facility on pace for December openingJun 01, 2012 2:00 pm - Editor's note: This story clarifies and earlier version. DuPage Medical Group officials are crediting a warm, dry winter with keeping construction of their $39 mil...
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Obama says economy will come back strongerJun 01, 2012 1:17 pm - GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — President Barack Obama says the May jobs report shows that the economy is not creating jobs “as fast as we want,” but he says the economy will imp...
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GM to buy out white-collar pensionsJun 01, 2012 1:16 pm - DETROIT — General Motors is changing the way it pays monthly benefits to white-collar retirees, cutting its U.S. pension obligation by $26 billion. The company will offe...
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Comcast’s CEO calls ‘Battleship’ sales an ‘unfortunate miss’Jun 01, 2012 1:00 pm - Universal Pictures’ “Battleship” film was “an unfortunate miss” at the box office, said Brian Roberts, chief executive officer of parent Comcast Corp. “The Five-Year Eng...
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$35M Ferrari GTO becomes most expensive carJun 01, 2012 1:00 pm - A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO made for race driver Stirling Moss has become the world's most expensive car, selling in a private transaction last month for $35 million. The dis...
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Pulaski Co. plant shifts some operations to Miss.Jun 01, 2012 11:53 am - MOUNDS, Ill. — A maker of industrial floor absorbent and cat litter products is moving that production from southern Illinois’ Pulaski County to Mississippi. WSIL-TV...
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Facebook to let users vote on privacy changesJun 01, 2012 11:31 am - NEW YORK — Facebook is letting its nearly 1 billion users vote on changes to its privacy policy beginning on Friday. This is the second time Facebook Inc. is letting use...