Business Stories from November 19, 2012 (Change date)
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U.S. homebuilder confidence at 6-year highNov 19, 2012 8:33 am - LOS ANGELES — Confidence among U.S. homebuilders rose this month to its highest level in six and a half years, driven by strong demand for newly built homes and growing ...
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U.S. home sales rise 2.1 percent in OctoberNov 19, 2012 8:34 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. sales of previously occupied homes rose solidly in October, helped by improvement in the job market and record-low mortgage rates. The increase along w...
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Quinn launches website in pensions campaignNov 20, 2012 1:14 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn launched a website Sunday outlining a brief history of public pensions, its fiscal problems and ways to discuss solutions through social media, part of th...
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Big GE complex in Fort Wayne faces unclear futureNov 19, 2012 7:10 am - By January, just 30 employees will remain at the General Electric campus that covers 1 million square feet and decades ago employed nearly 10,000 people making electric ...
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Son of Madoff’s accountant kills himself in OhioNov 19, 2012 1:00 pm - The son of Bernard Madoff’s longtime accountant, who himself pleaded guilty to securities fraud in the scandal centered on the disgraced financier, has committed suicide...
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Wedding trade expects boost from gay-marriage lawsNov 19, 2012 1:00 pm - PORTLAND, Maine — In the two weeks since Maine voters approved a law allowing same-sex marriage, Clay Hill Farm has been getting phone calls and emails from gay couples ...
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New frontier for scaling up online classes: creditNov 19, 2012 1:00 pm - In 15 years of teaching, University of Pennsylvania classicist Peter Struck has guided perhaps a few hundred students annually in his classes on Greek and Roman mytholog...
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Wii U: New console launches in a sea of gadgetsNov 19, 2012 3:46 pm - NEW YORK — In the six years since the last major video game system launched, Apple unveiled the iPhone and the iPad, “Angry Birds” invaded smartphones and Facebook reach...
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Cisco Systems to buy Meraki for $1.2 billionNov 19, 2012 6:31 am - NEW YORK — Cisco Systems Inc., the world’s largest maker of computer networking gear, said Sunday it is buying Meraki for $1.2 billion to expand its ability to let custo...
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Fiscal cliff negotiators are facing high hurdlesNov 19, 2012 1:00 pm - WASHINGTON — It’s entirely possible that lawmakers and the White House will reach a deal that staves off an avalanche of tax increases and deep cuts in government progra...