Business Stories from July 17, 2013 (Change date)
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Coldwell Banker St. Charles Office Announces Sharon Behles to Join the McKay GroupJul 19, 2013 11:53 am - NORTHBROOK, IL. (July 17, 2013) – Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently announced that award-winning Realtor Sharon Behles has joined the McKay Group. Behles ho...
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KFC drops bones, Colonel in upmarket restaurantJul 18, 2013 11:03 am - NEW YORK — KFC is tossing out the chicken bones and the quaint image of founder Col. Harland Sanders as it gets ready to test a slightly more upmarket restaurant. The fr...
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Nelson Peltz wants PepsiCo to buy MondelezJul 18, 2013 2:08 pm - NEW YORK — Activist investor Nelson Peltz says he wants soda-and-snack food giant PepsiCo to buy Deerfield-based Mondelez, the maker of Oreo cookies, and spin off its ow...
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Stocks edge up as Bernanke reassures on stimulusJul 18, 2013 8:44 am - NEW YORK — Some soothing words from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pushed the stock market to slender gains on Wednesday. Higher earnings for several major compan...
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Elmhurst man pleads guilty to Federal Reserve theftJul 17, 2013 11:28 pm - An Elmhurst resident faces up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine after pleading guilty to stealing confidential computer files from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chic...
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Harper College launching job placement initiativeJul 18, 2013 12:45 pm - Harper College is moving forward with measures aimed at better connecting graduates with jobs in their areas of study. Members of the Palatine community college's Job Pl...
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Mattel 2Q profit falls, Barbie sales slide againJul 17, 2013 11:42 am - NEW YORK — Vampy teen Monster High dolls are taking a bite out of squeaky-clean Barbie. Mattel said Wednesday its second-quarter net income fell 24 percent, hurt by a co...
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China launches crackdown on drug industryJul 17, 2013 11:42 am - BEIJING — China announced a crackdown Wednesday on misconduct in its drug market, stepping up pressure on the problem-prone industry while it pursues a bribery investiga...
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U.S. builders start work on fewer homes in JuneJul 17, 2013 11:42 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. builders started work on fewer homes in June, mostly because apartment construction fell sharply. But applications for permits to build single-family h...
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Lew says delays on rules may again bring bailoutsJul 17, 2013 11:42 am - WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says delays in writing rules to put the financial overhaul law into effect have raised the prospect that taxpayers might a...
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