All Stories from April 26, 2013 (Change date)
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Japan prices fall in March as deflation drags onApr 26, 2013 7:11 am - TOKYO — Japan’s consumer price index fell 0.9 percent in March from a year earlier, underlining the challenge of ending a long spell of debilitating deflation despite an...
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ECB: lending to companies remains weakApr 26, 2013 7:11 am - FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Central Bank says bank lending to companies remains weak — another sign that the economy in the 17 countries that use the euro is still...
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Draining cash, Egypt on $30 billion search for aidApr 26, 2013 7:11 am - CAIRO — During a meeting in a Black Sea resort city, Egypt’s president and members of his government turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin and asked for a sizable l...
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U.S. economy accelerates at 2.5% rate in first quarterApr 26, 2013 7:11 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. economic growth accelerated to an annual rate of 2.5 percent from January through March, buoyed by the strongest consumer spending in more than two yea...
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Rolling Meadows mayor engagedApr 26, 2013 7:00 am - Rolling Meadows Mayor Tom Rooney recently revealed some happy news. Rooney and Sue Daniels, of Elk Grove Village, have picked their wedding date: July 19, 2014. The mayo...
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Restitution hearing looms for former Walker aideApr 26, 2013 6:57 am - MILWAUKEE — A former top associate to Gov. Scott Walker will soon found out how much restitution he owes, after he was convicted of stealing more than $20,000 from a non...
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SIU-Carbondale official takes job in AlabamaApr 26, 2013 6:57 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. — The assistant to the chancellor of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale has taken a job in Alabama. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan rep...
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Remains found in Indiana woods identified as missing womanApr 26, 2013 6:57 am - NASHVILLE, Ind. — A southern Indiana coroner says skeletal remains found at a remote site in Brown County are those of a 26-year-old local woman who vanished two years a...
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Honeywell eyes June restart of Metropolis plantApr 26, 2013 6:57 am - METROPOLIS, Ill. — A southern Illinois plant that helps make nuclear fuel is calling back workers in hopes of resuming operations in June. The plant was forced into a ye...
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Chicago bike-sharing program to be called ‘Divvy’Apr 26, 2013 6:57 am - CHICAGO — A bicycle-sharing program the city of Chicago plans to launch later this spring will be called “Divvy” — as in divvy up the bicycles and share them. The Chicag...