Business Stories from February 24, 2013 (Change date)
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Showhomes of Fox Valley highly awardedFeb 26, 2013 4:05 pm - FOX VALLEY FRANCHISE EARNS TOP HONORS Ambassador Award, President's Club, Circle of Excellence, Most Homes Sold Vacant homes are hard to sell! They lack buyer appeal, ...
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Firefox phones coming this summerFeb 25, 2013 6:14 am - BARCELONA, Spain — Mozilla, the non-profit foundation behind the popular Firefox Web browser, is getting into phones. But it’s not stopping at Web browsers — it’s launch...
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Wall Street holds its nerve as spending cuts nearFeb 25, 2013 6:09 am - NEW YORK — With barely a week to go before $85 billion in automatic government spending cuts kick in, Wall Street is holding its nerve. The Dow Jones industrial average...
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Gasoline rises to nationwide average of $3.795 a gallonFeb 25, 2013 6:28 am - The average price for regular gasoline at U.S. pumps rose 20.32 cents a gallon in the past two weeks to $3.795 a gallon, according to Lundberg Survey Inc. The survey cov...
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HP to make $169 Android tablet, eschewing WindowsFeb 25, 2013 6:14 am - BARCELONA, Spain — Hewlett-Packard Co. is making a tablet computer that uses Google’s Android operating system, steering clear of Microsoft’s latest tablet-oriented vers...
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As cuts loom, it never hurts to prepareFeb 25, 2013 6:31 am - Career Coach columnist Joyce E.A. Russell, an industrial and organizational psychologist, discussed workplace issues in a recent online forum. Here are some excerpts. Q:...
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Smucker cuts prices on Folgers, Dunkin' coffeesFeb 25, 2013 6:28 am - ORRVILLE, Ohio — J.M. Smucker Co. is lowering the price for most of its packaged coffee products sold in the U.S. an average of 6 percent, as the price of unroasted coff...
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Shoppers drive competition as new grocers expand in suburbsFeb 25, 2013 9:41 am - When Melanie Collins of North Barrington spends about $300 a week on groceries for her family, she wants a good selection of produce and freshly cooked prepared meals th...
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Stanford University is 1st college to raise $1BFeb 24, 2013 3:39 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Stanford University has set a new record for college fundraising, becoming the first school to collect more than $1 billion in a single year, according t...
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Work advice: The politics of giving at the officeFeb 25, 2013 6:28 am - Editor’s note: Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Q: Our company di...
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