Business Stories from August 22, 2012 (Change date)
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Watsontown Trucking selects Rand McNally fleet management systemAug 22, 2012 9:28 am - Skokie-based Rand McNally Corp. said Watsontown Trucking Company has selected its TNDT 760 EOBR devices for a fleetwide deployment, replacing an older existing system. W...
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UOP technologist receives trade association awardAug 22, 2012 9:28 am - Des Plaines-based UOP LLC technologist Dr. Santi Kulprathipanja will receive the 2012 American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Gerhold Award, UOP, a Honeywell company, ...
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Higher wage demands spread to other South African minesAug 22, 2012 9:02 am - MARIKANA, South Africa — Even as labor unrest spread to at least two more platinum mines, South African President Jacob Zuma traveled Wednesday to a mine where police ki...
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Merrill fined by hong kong watchdog over client fraud complaintsAug 22, 2012 6:48 am - Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission fined Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) Ltd. HK$3.5 million ($450,000) for failing to properly handle complaints of clients of o...
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China adds to visa demands in move that could slow touristsAug 22, 2012 6:47 am - China has tightened visa rules for visitors, adding requirements for a letter of invitation and proof of hotel reservations in a move that could slow its push to become ...
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Airbuses suffer cockpit power failure, await fixesAug 22, 2012 6:39 am - NEWARK, N.J. — As United Flight 731 climbed out of Newark with 107 people aboard, the pilot and first officer were startled to find screens that display crucial navigati...
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USDA eyes whether tainted beef entered food supplyAug 22, 2012 6:39 am - FRESNO, Calif. — Federal regulators who shut down a Central California slaughterhouse after receiving an animal welfare video were investigating whether beef from sick c...
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Oil prices up as traders foresee tighter suppliesAug 22, 2012 6:37 am - BANGKOK — Oil prices rose Wednesday as analysts predicted a strain on supplies and Middle East tensions would support crude prices. Benchmark crude for October delivery...
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Heineken sees stagnant annual profit amid european slumpAug 22, 2012 6:35 am - Heineken NV said full-year profit will be stagnant as demand in western Europe stumbles, highlighting the Dutch brewer’s need to win the battle for full control of Asia ...
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Greece seeks more time; Juncker heads to AthensAug 22, 2012 6:33 am - ATHENS, Greece — Greece needs more time to implement tough financial reforms and spending cuts, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras says as he starts the first of a series of...