Business Stories from August 21, 2012 (Change date)
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New coupons aim to keep people off generic drugsAug 22, 2012 8:51 pm - TRENTON, N.J. — If brand-name prescription medicines cost you as little as generic pills, which would you choose? A few drugmakers are betting Americans will stick with ...
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Townhouse developer could get up to $1.5 million from Wheeling TIFAug 25, 2012 11:34 am - The Wheeling Village Board agreed Monday to give Millbrook Pointe, a townhouse development along Wolf Road, up to $1.5 million in Tax Increment Financing money as its de...
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‘Fifty Shades’ helps Barnes & Noble in 1QAug 22, 2012 7:31 am - NEW YORK — Barnes & Noble’s fiscal first quarter was a tale of modern and traditional. Tech-savvy consumers snapped up its e-books and other digital content during the p...
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S&P touches highest level since 2008, then fallsAug 22, 2012 7:29 am - NEW YORK — The Standard & Poor’s 500 index touched its highest point in more than four years Tuesday, helped by more talk that the European Central Bank may buy struggli...
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UK government wants hospitals to expand overseasAug 21, 2012 10:51 am - LONDON — The British government said Tuesday that it wants the country’s state-funded hospitals to help support themselves by setting up profit-making branches in other ...
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Best Buy 2Q profit drops 90 pct, misses estimatesAug 22, 2012 7:29 am - NEW YORK — The news just keeps getting worse at Best Buy each day. To top off an already eventful several days for the nation’s largest consumer electronics retailer, Be...
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AAA: 33M Americans plan to travel over Labor DayAug 22, 2012 7:29 am - NEW YORK — Americans plan to hit the road this Labor Day weekend despite rising gas prices. Thirty three million people will travel 50 miles or more, a 2.9 percent incre...
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Billionaire Soros takes piece of Manchester UnitedAug 22, 2012 7:31 am - NEW YORK — Billionaire financier George Soros is getting in on the game, taking a minority stake in soccer club Manchester United. Soros disclosed in a regulatory filing...
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Health advocates want Indiana melon farm linked to salmonella identifiedAug 22, 2012 8:18 am - WASHINGTON, Ind. — A southwestern Indiana farm that grew cantaloupes linked to a deadly salmonella outbreak must be identified, along with its distribution network, so t...
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BP recalls unleaded regular gas from WhitingAug 22, 2012 8:15 am - WHITING, Ind. — BP is alerting northwestern Indiana fuel distributors that it’s recalling unleaded regular gasoline shipped from its Whiting fuel storage terminal Aug. 1...