Business Stories from March 8, 2013 (Change date)
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Feds close probe into Ford SUVs rolling awayMar 08, 2013 8:44 am - DETROIT — U.S. safety officials have closed an investigation into allegations that three Ford SUVs can roll away when the transmissions are in park. The National Highway...
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Furlough plans vary widely at government agenciesMar 08, 2013 7:39 am - WASHINGTON — Federal workers could face seven days of furloughs at the Housing and Urban Development Department, but Homeland Security personnel might see twice that num...
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OSHA proposes fines in death at Peoria plantMar 08, 2013 7:02 am - PEORIA — The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has charged Komatsu America Corp. with safety violations at its plant in Peoria and proposed an $82,000 f...
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McDonald’s sales fall 1.5 percent in FebruaryMar 08, 2013 6:36 am - $PHOTOCREDIT_ON$Associated Press$PHOTOCREDIT_OFF$ Oak Brook-based McDonald’s says a monthly sales figure dipped again as it struggled with intensifying competition and c...
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Markets buoyant ahead of US payrolls figuresMar 08, 2013 6:14 am - LONDON — The buoyant mood in financial markets showed few signs of abating Friday as investors appeared confident ahead of U.S. monthly jobs figures, a key measure of st...
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Jobs growth dents unemployment rateMar 08, 2013 6:01 am - The American job market isn’t just growing. It’s accelerating. Employers added 236,000 jobs in February and drove down the unemployment rate to 7.7 percent, its lowest l...
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United Airlines passenger revenue up sharplyMar 08, 2013 6:00 am - United Airlines said a key measure of revenue rose as much as 7.5 percent in February, after a weak showing a year earlier. United reported late Thursday that passenger ...
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U.S. household wealth regains pre-recession peakMar 08, 2013 5:56 am - WASHINGTON — It took 5½ years. Surging stock prices and steady home-price increases have finally allowed Americans to regain the $16 trillion in wealth they lost to the ...
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Backlash grows to allowing knives, clubs on planesMar 08, 2013 5:51 am - WASHINGTON — Flight attendants, pilots, federal air marshals and even insurance companies are part of a growing backlash to the Transportation Security Administration’s ...
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Apple seeks to revive patent claims against MotorolaMar 08, 2013 5:40 am - Apple Inc. asked a U.S. appeals court today to reinstate patent-infringement claims it filed against Google Inc.’s Motorola Mobility unit over touch-screen technology us...