Business Stories from August 11, 2013 (Change date)
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Accretive Health builds bikes and smiles for hospital patientsAug 13, 2013 12:06 pm - As part of its ongoing commitment to philanthropic activities in the communities it serves, Accretive Health employees founded an organization dedicated to charitable gi...
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Amid probe, car company’s plans haven’t panned outAug 12, 2013 10:26 am - TUNICA, Miss. — Four years ago, a startup car company announced with great fanfare big plans for the Mississippi Delta: Using money from foreign investors and other sour...
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Coffee with Rep. YinglingAug 11, 2013 5:51 pm - House District 62 State Rep. Sam Yingling, D-Grayslake, hosts a morning coffee with constituents Friday, Aug. 16 in Wauconda. Yingling will ask constituents for their th...
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If anyone can save The Washington Post, it’s Jeff BezosAug 12, 2013 1:53 pm - PALO ALTO, Calif. — If I worked at The Washington Post — or even I just lived in Washington and yearned for the prosperity of my local paper — I’d be concerned about one...
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Beer here: Wal-Mart's quiet push to go big on brewAug 12, 2013 8:15 pm - Last September, 500 representatives from the alcohol industry gathered at the Sam's Club auditorium in Bentonville, Ark., for an “adult beverage summit.” Attendees, some...
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Nontraditional credit checks worry consumer groupsAug 12, 2013 10:03 am - WASHINGTON — Lenders are loosening once-tight credit standards, giving Americans with limited or poor credit histories a better shot at buying a car but raising concerns...
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Work Advice: Potty clarity in the officeAug 11, 2013 6:50 am - Q: A longtime employee in our federal government office was “Bob” and now is “Barbara.” When it was time for Barbara to start living as a woman, she spent a year using a...
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Career Coach: Keeping hope alive at workAug 12, 2013 7:19 am - “What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.” -Mahatma Gandhi The University of Maryl...
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Big business bows to small business hiring increaseAug 12, 2013 9:54 am - Chris Yura says it took about six months before he could afford to hire the first employee for the clothing company he started in June 2009. SustainU Clothing now has 20...
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U.S. grid faces new threats 10 years after blackoutAug 12, 2013 10:03 am - The U.S. electrical grid is better managed and more flexible a decade after its largest blackout but remains vulnerable to increasingly extreme weather, cybersecurity th...
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