Business Stories from August 7, 2012 (Change date)
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UOP technology selected for Romania’s synthetic rubber facilityAug 07, 2012 9:02 am - Des Plaines-based UOP Ltd., a Honeywell company, announced its technology has been selected to boost yields at Romania’s largest synthetic rubber production facility. Ro...
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Huge development proposed in Buffalo GroveAug 07, 2012 8:47 am - Buffalo Grove’s efforts to create a downtown have been reminiscent of Don Quixote. The village may have been tilting at windmills when it developed the Town Center, whic...
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CVS Caremark profit jumps 18 pct, boosts outlookAug 07, 2012 7:06 am - WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark says its second-quarter net income jumped more than 18 percent, as new business and an expansion of its pharmacy benefits management busi...
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Pfizer, J&J halt trials of Alzheimer’s drug in research setbackAug 07, 2012 7:06 am - Pfizer Inc., Johnson & Johnson and Elan Corp. ended most plans to develop an Alzheimer’s drug after a second trial failure, a blow to the companies’ efforts to market th...
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Padres sale agreement in place, needs MLB approvalAug 07, 2012 6:38 am - John Moores has agreed to sell the San Diego Padres to a group headed by former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Peter O’Malley and including pro golfer Phil Mickelson. O’Malle...
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Navy tests ocean drones in RI’s Narragansett BayAug 07, 2012 6:37 am - NEWPORT, R.I. — Just beneath the placid, sailboat-dotted surface of Narragansett Bay, torpedo-shaped vehicles spin and pivot to their own rhythm, carrying out missions p...
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Governors aside, feds building health care marketsAug 07, 2012 6:36 am - WASHINGTON — Don’t look now: The feds may be gaining on GOP governors who’ve balked at carrying out a key part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law. Oppo...
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NASA mission gives a peek of rover’s Mars journeyAug 07, 2012 6:35 am - PASADENA, Calif. — NASA’s latest adventure to Mars has given the world more than just glimpses of a new alien landscape. It opened a window into the trip itself, from v...
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Oil hovers near $92 ahead of weekly U.S. supply dataAug 07, 2012 6:34 am - SINGAPORE — Oil hovered above $92 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as analysts estimated that supplies of U.S. crude and gasoline likely fell last week. Benchmark crude was up ...
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DreamWorks to make `Kung Fu Panda 3’ in ChinaAug 07, 2012 6:30 am - BEIJING — DreamWorks Animation and Chinese partners announced plans Tuesday to co-produce the next “Kung Fu Panda” movie and develop an entertainment district in Shangha...