Business Stories from July 14, 2012 (Change date)
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Emerging market bonds: 4 things you need to knowJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - BOSTON — Investors continue to pour their money into bonds. And the decline in the stock market this month certainly won't stem their flight to safer investments. Yet th...
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Obama calls for rise in write-offs for small businessesJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to increase the amount of investments small businesses can expense next year. The White House says Obama want...
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Parents face choice on cards for college kidsJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - Parents of college-bound students have a decision to make as offers stream in for their soon-to-depart teenagers. Should they send their green freshmen off to campus arm...
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Senate Democrats offer alternative tax planJul 14, 2012 8:41 pm - Senate Democrats are seeking to set the top tax rate on dividends at 23.8 percent, almost 20 percentage points lower than the proposal offered by President Barack Obama ...
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Blackberry maker loses patent suitJul 14, 2012 8:39 pm - A federal jury in San Francisco has found beleaguered Blackberry maker Research in Motion Ltd. liable for $147.2 million in damages for infringing on patents held by Mfo...
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Analysts to cut Britain’s GDP forecastJul 14, 2012 8:38 pm - The U.K. economy won’t grow this year as damage from the euro-area debt crisis overshadows a pickup in consumer spending in the second half, the Ernst & Young Item Club ...
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Residents hope to thwart Mount Prospect Walgreens planJul 14, 2012 4:13 pm - Saying their minds have not changed in the three years since they last fought a proposal for a Walgreens at the northwest corner of Elmhurst and Golf roads in Mount Pros...
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Chicago Tribune suspends use of Journatic contentJul 14, 2012 1:20 pm - The production manager and head of editorial at Chicago-based Journatic LLC announced his resignation on his blog Saturday, a day after the Chicago Tribune suspended its...
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Visa, MasterCard in $6B settlement over card feesJul 14, 2012 10:00 am - NEW YORK — Visa, MasterCard and major banks agreed to pay retailers at least $6 billion to settle a long-running lawsuit that alleged the card issuers conspired to fix t...
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A year after price hike, Netflix still strugglingJul 14, 2012 7:52 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Netflix is more popular among couch potatoes than investors a year after its polarizing decision to raise U.S. prices for video subscription services. Th...