Business Stories from April 12, 2013 (Change date)
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Plass Appliance closing 5 suburban storesApr 12, 2013 8:07 pm - After 75 years in the appliance business, Plass Appliance is closing for good in the Chicago suburbs. An announcement on the company’s website Friday indicated the compa...
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Cheers! Havana’s original Sloppy Joe’s Bar reopensApr 12, 2013 6:36 pm - HAVANA — It’s happy hour again at the original Sloppy Joe’s saloon, an iconic Cuban bar that reopened Friday after a nearly 50-year hiatus and is sure to quickly become ...
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How to get 6 months extra to file your tax returnApr 12, 2013 6:20 pm - This weekend may not be very relaxing for millions of taxpayers. That’s because they’re beginning the last-minute scramble to file their returns on Tax Day. Even with th...
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Arlington Hts. altercation ends when police officer draws gunApr 12, 2013 5:57 pm - An Arlington Heights man faces multiple charges after an escalating altercation with an employee and police over a dog at a local hotel led to an officer drawing a gun t...
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Biotech industry at stake as court weighs human gene patentApr 12, 2013 4:54 pm - WASHINGTON — For 30 years, biotechnology innovators have secured thousands of U.S. patents on genes, defining the legal rights to medical and agricultural products worth...
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Sales to benefit starving kids:Apr 12, 2013 4:46 pm - Culver’s is hosting “Donate While You Dine” to benefit Feed My Starving Children from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 18 at the restaurant, 803 E. Park Ave., Libertyville. C...
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McDonald’s gives former and new CEOs pay bumpsApr 12, 2013 3:46 pm - NEW YORK — McDonald’s Corp. more than tripled the pay packages last year for its new CEO Don Thompson and the man he replaced, Jim Skinner. The pay increases came at a c...
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Stocks end a four-day advanceApr 12, 2013 3:42 pm - NEW YORK — A four-day surge in the stock market came to an end on Friday as falling commodity prices brought down energy and mining companies. Signs of a slowing econom...
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Drought eases in farm beltApr 12, 2013 3:41 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa — With the farm belt’s soil recharged by melted snow and spring rains, farmers are anxious to start working the fields and planting seed for the 2013 cr...
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Obama earns less in 2012, pays $112,000 in taxesApr 12, 2013 3:24 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama made less in 2012 than in any other year since taking office, with about 40 percent of the nearly $609,000 in income that he and firs...
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