Business Stories from May 27, 2013 (Change date)
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Zengeler Cleaners Celebrates 2nd Anniversary At Long Grove LocationMay 28, 2013 10:51 am - Long Grove, IL, May 28, 2013: Zengeler Cleaners, the Midwest's oldest and largest dry cleaner, is celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the company's Long Grove location. ...
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Hotel magnate, Mo. philanthropist Hammons diesMay 28, 2013 7:28 am - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — John Q. Hammons’ first business went bust, saddling him with debt. Yet the son of a poor Missouri dairy farmer paid it off within two years and turned...
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Industry giant GE aims to improve frackingMay 28, 2013 7:28 am - PITTSBURGH — One of America’s corporate giants is investing billions of dollars in the new boom of oil and gas drilling, or fracking. General Electric Co. is opening a n...
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North Korea relaxes controls on salariesMay 28, 2013 7:28 am - PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea relaxed state control of salaries last month, a government economist said, outlining a change in policy intended to boost production...
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Valeant to buy Bausch + Lomb for $8.7 billionMay 28, 2013 7:28 am - Canadian drugmaker Valeant Pharmaceuticals said Monday that it will pay $8.7 billion to buy Bausch + Lomb, one of the world’s best-known makers of contact lenses, in a m...
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Amazon workers in Germany stage strikeMay 27, 2013 7:34 pm - BERLIN — Amazon’s German workers are staging a short-term strike in a push for higher wages. The ver.di union said Monday employees in Leipzig are walking off the job in...
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Sales of camp sites throw Girl Scouts into turmoilMay 29, 2013 5:34 am - IOWA CITY, Iowa — When it came time to draw up a budget, one of Iowa’s regional Girl Scout councils reviewed its programs and made a proposal that would have been unthin...
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Japan’s Nikkei dives as yen gains strengthMay 27, 2013 6:33 am - BANGKOK — Japan’s stock market dived Monday after the yen reversed some of its recent fall against the U.S. dollar. Stocks elsewhere were mixed as investors tried to sor...
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Strategy, trusted advisor needed to cope with ObamacareMay 27, 2013 6:13 am - There’s plenty of commotion but not yet much enlightenment when it comes to implementation of the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare, if you prefer. We’ll try for enlighten...
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Great Lakes region pins economic hopes on waterMay 30, 2013 8:36 am - MILWAUKEE — A century ago, the seven-story brick building a few blocks from downtown was a factory — a symbol of an era when Milwaukee and other cities ringing the Great...
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