Business Stories from December 18, 2012 (Change date)
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Honeywell UOP’s CEO receives engineering achievement awardDec 18, 2012 8:20 am - DES PLAINES — Honeywell UOP President and CEO Dr. Rajeev Gautam has received the 2012 Chemical Engineering Personal Achievement Award from Chemical Engineering magazine....
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Cliff talks hit a lull with Boehner’s ‘Plan B’Dec 18, 2012 8:14 am - WASHINGTON — Just two weeks from an economy-threatening deadline, fiscal cliff talks hit a lull Tuesday as House Speaker John Boehner announced that Republicans would al...
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Wheeling will buy Milwaukee Ave. buildingDec 18, 2012 7:48 am - Another strike landed against a doomed historic Wheeling building Monday when the village board voted to purchase a neighboring property to create a parcel attractive fo...
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Elgin car wash reopens with new owners, featuresDec 18, 2012 7:00 am - Brian and Donna Harrington had been going to their local car wash along Randall Road in Elgin for five years as customers. They enjoyed it so much that when they found o...
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Farmers worry about dairy prices as deadline nearsDec 18, 2012 5:25 am - MILWAUKEE — As the nation inches toward the economic “fiscal cliff,” anxiety is growing in farm country about an obscure tangent of the Washington political standoff tha...
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Power wholesaler files for bankruptcy in IllinoisDec 18, 2012 5:22 am - Power wholesaler Edison Mission Energy and its Chicago-based subsidiary Midwest Generation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday to try to restructure about ...
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Too big to jail? Execs avoid laundering chargesDec 18, 2012 5:22 am - NEW YORK — When the Justice Department announced its record $1.9 billion settlement against British bank HSBC last week, prosecutors called it a powerful blow to a dysfu...
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German gummy bear in legal battle with competitorDec 18, 2012 5:22 am - BERLIN — A German gummy bear is taking on a foil-wrapped Swiss chocolate teddy in a legal showdown. Cologne’s regional court decides Tuesday on a complaint brought by Ge...
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Ex-Home Diagnostics CEO spared prison for insider tradingDec 18, 2012 5:22 am - Former Home Diagnostics Inc. Chief Executive Officer and Chairman George Holley avoided prison when he was sentenced to three years of probation for insider trading. Hol...
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Google launches Dead Sea Scrolls libraryDec 18, 2012 5:21 am - JERUSALEM, Israel — Israeli authorities say they have put 5,000 fragments of the ancient Dead Sea scrolls online in a partnership with Google. The digital library launch...