Business Stories from February 4, 2013 (Change date)
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Experience the Boomers Like a VIP in the ALL-NEW Executive ClubFeb 06, 2013 10:55 am - SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Be the first to join the Schaumburg Boomers exclusive Executive Club where you can own individual seats in one of our lavish luxury suites with food a...
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Live action: Twitter grabs Super Bowl spotlightFeb 05, 2013 5:55 am - NEW YORK — Beyonce’s splashy show, a freak power outage, and —oh, yeah— a captivating game of football combined to generate a record 24.1 million posts on Twitter during...
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Super Bowl falls short of ratings recordFeb 05, 2013 5:55 am - NEW YORK — With a partial power outage, an overly excited quarterback and a game that suddenly turned from snoozer to sizzler, CBS had its hands full at the Super Bowl. ...
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Proposal would tax athletic shoes 25 centsFeb 05, 2013 6:50 am - SPRINGFIELD — New athletic shoes could cost 25 cents more in Illinois. State Rep. Will Davis from the Chicago suburb of Hazel Crest wants the new tax to pay for a youth ...
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Dixon sues audit firm for failing to detect fraudFeb 04, 2013 12:07 pm - Dixon, whose former comptroller embezzled almost $53 million is suing its longtime accounting firm for failing to detect the fraud while auditing the city’s books. Rita...
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BP sued by California for alleged hazardous waste violationsFeb 04, 2013 11:56 am - BP Plc units including Atlantic Richfield Co. were sued by California over claims they violated environmental laws by failing to inspect and maintain underground storage...
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Cause of Super Bowl power outage remains unclearFeb 05, 2013 3:10 pm - NEW ORLEANS — Who turned out the lights? The day after the 34-minute blackout at the Super Bowl, the exact cause — and who’s to blame — were unclear, though a couple of...
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Wine about Winter in downtown Libertyville is Feb. 16Feb 04, 2013 9:22 pm - Spend a wintry afternoon browsing the stores and enjoying the company of other wine lovers at the eighth annual Wine About Winter wine tasting from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday,...
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In Canada, the phase out of the penny beginsFeb 05, 2013 8:49 am - TORONTO — Canada has begun phasing-out its penny, whose production costs have come to exceed its monetary value. The Royal Canadian Mint on Monday officially ended its d...
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Hewlett-Packard to sell first Chromebook laptop using GoogleFeb 05, 2013 6:20 am - Hewlett-Packard Co. will start selling its first Chromebook laptop, entering the market for low-priced portable computers running an operating system from Google Inc. th...
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