Business Stories from August 30, 2012 (Change date)
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Stocks fall as market’s August lull nears an endAug 30, 2012 4:15 pm - NEW YORK — The late-summer lull is about to end. Stocks fell Thursday, with investors too worried about high gas prices and stagnant employment to be impressed by highe...
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Lighting, sounds, pyrotechnics to be part of Six Flags’ new ‘igNIGHT’ stage show in 2013Aug 30, 2012 2:43 pm - Six Flags Great America in Gurnee will “igNIGHT” the evenings in 2013. Theme park officials announced Thursday that a “technologically advanced” stage show — entitled i...
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Carney says White House ‘studying our options’ on oil pricesAug 30, 2012 2:05 pm - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is continuing to look at all its options to make sure oil prices don’t crimp the global economy, Jay Carney, White House press secr...
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Why world markets focus on tiny Jackson Hole, Wyoming?Aug 30, 2012 2:02 pm - JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — Every August, the world’s financial markets shift their attention from the centers of global commerce — New York, London, Tokyo — to a mountain vall...
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Sears declines after losing place on S&P 500Aug 30, 2012 1:59 pm - Sears Holding Corp., the retailer controlled by hedge fund manager Edward Lampert, fell the most in three months after being replaced in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index ...
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Chicago's famed Charlie Trotter's to serve last mealAug 30, 2012 1:00 pm - Award-winning chef Charlie Trotter is closing his iconic Chicago restaurant after 25 years, setting out on a new path as bold and surprising as many of the dishes he ser...
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Geneva mayor opposes letting liquor licensees hold officeAug 30, 2012 11:00 am - Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns said this week he is “110 percent opposed” to amending the city’s liquor code to allow license holders to be aldermen. His statement was prompte...
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Moto partners with Comcast on new IP-based set-top boxesAug 30, 2012 10:26 am - Libertyville-based Motorola Mobility is licensing the Reference Design Kit from Comcast Corp. This software platform will take the set-top box to the next generation of ...
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Report: Corn Belt benefits from recent rainsAug 30, 2012 9:24 am - ST. LOUIS — Some key farm states punished by the nation’s worst drought in decades benefited slightly from recent rains, with a bigger dousing forecast from the remnants...
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Sears’ MetaScale partners with HortonworksAug 30, 2012 9:03 am - PRNewswire Hoffman Estates-based MetaScale, the IT managed services subsidiary of Sears Holdings Corp., said it is partnering with Hortonworks, a commercial vendor of Ap...
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