Business Stories from June 5, 2013 (Change date)
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U.S. factory orders up 1 percent in AprilJun 05, 2013 10:07 am - WASHINGTON — Orders to U.S. factories rose modestly in April as manufacturers rebounded from a weak March performance. Factory orders rose 1 percent in April compared w...
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Toyota’s Indiana plant adding more jobsJun 05, 2013 10:07 am - PRINCETON, Ind. — Toyota says it is hiring slightly more new workers than first expected as it increases production at its southwestern Indiana factory. The automaker a...
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Natural gas futures fluctuateJun 05, 2013 10:07 am - Natural gas futures fluctuated in New York before a weekly report that may show a larger-than-average stockpile increase. Gas moved between gains and losses as governmen...
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Dell: Icahn-Southeastern offer short by $3.9BJun 05, 2013 10:07 am - NEW YORK — Dell says a buyout offer from Southeastern and billionaire investor Carl Icahn is approximately $3.9 billion short of the amount needed to pay shareholders as...
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Latvia gets go-ahead to become 18th euro memberJun 05, 2013 10:07 am - FRANKFURT, Germany — The tiny Baltic state of Latvia has won approval to become the 18th member of the troubled euro currency union — despite doubts among many of its pe...
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News International ex-CEO pleads not guilty to hacking chargesJun 05, 2013 10:07 am - LONDON — The former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s News International on Wednesday denied charges of phone hacking, bribing public officials and trying to thwart a ...
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Officials OK Palatine bar’s request for parking lot partyJun 05, 2013 9:26 am - The Palatine village council has approved a request by the Mac’s on Slade bar and restaurant to host a “Party in the Parking Lot” event to attract business during constr...
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New Party Fantasy coming to WheelingJun 05, 2013 9:00 am - The owner of the Party Fantasy children's play area in Mundelein got permission this week to open another one in Wheeling. Adi Mor, who also owns Garden Fresh Market sto...
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Vernon Hills OKs $13 million for mall expansionJun 05, 2013 8:03 am - Details of a key incentive for a transformative $50 million makeover at the Westfield Hawthorn shopping center in Vernon Hills have been approved by village officials, p...
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SEC to consider tougher rules for money fundsJun 05, 2013 6:24 am - WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected on Wednesday to propose stricter regulations for money-market mutual funds, hoping to shore up an industr...