Business Stories from October 5, 2012 (Change date)
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American says it has fixed seats on 42 planesOct 05, 2012 7:48 pm - DALLAS — American Airlines says it has repaired 42 of 48 planes that were pulled aside and inspected because the seats could come loose. The airline said Friday that all...
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Steep drop in unemployment rate spawns conspiracyOct 05, 2012 5:52 pm - WASHINGTON — Sasquatch might as well have traipsed across the White House lawn Friday with a lost Warren Commission file on his way to the studio where NASA staged the m...
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Problems found at recalled peanut butter plant in 2010Oct 05, 2012 5:22 pm - WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration found what it called “objectionable conditions” at a New Mexico peanut butter plant in 2010, two years before the current o...
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Jobs report brings down debate high in Romney campOct 05, 2012 5:00 pm - ABINGDON, Va. — The cheering stopped on Mitt Romney’s campaign plane Friday morning. The day before, aides had whistled and clapped when the Denver control tower commend...
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California refinery back online amid soaring pricesOct 05, 2012 4:21 pm - LOS ANGELES — Californians woke up to a shock Friday as overnight gasoline prices jumped by as much as 20 cents a gallon in some areas, ending a week of soaring costs th...
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Madoff fraud’s last days recounted in NYC documentOct 05, 2012 4:11 pm - NEW YORK — In December 2008, two of Bernard Madoff’s most loyal employees met on a Manhattan street corner and fretted over a closely held secret that the rest of the wo...
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US consumer credit up $18.1 billion in AugustOct 05, 2012 4:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Americans boosted their borrowing in August by the largest amount in three months with strong gains in the category that covers auto and student loans and i...
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Labor Dept. officials visit Harper’s manufacturing programOct 05, 2012 1:09 pm - U.S. Department of Labor Deputy Secretary Seth Harris on Friday visited Harper College in Palatine to take part in the community college’s National Manufacturing Day act...
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CBO tallies 2012 deficit at $1.1 trillionOct 05, 2012 1:00 pm - WASHINGTON — A new estimate puts the deficit for the just-completed 2012 budget year at $1.1 trillion, the fourth straight year of trillion dollar deficits on President ...
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Wheaton approves senior housing, but more challenges awaitOct 05, 2012 12:10 pm - A plan for senior housing in downtown Wheaton narrowly has won city council approval despite opposition from some neighbors. The council voted 4-3 this week to allow co...
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