Business Stories from August 14, 2013 (Change date)
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Volunteers help Libertyville preschool finish new playgroundAug 14, 2013 10:47 am - Libertyville Cooperative preschoolers now have a new playground, thanks to a $2,000 grant and help from about 20 volunteers working outside of the nursery school Wednesd...
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Report: Women lag behind men in saving for retirementAug 14, 2013 10:28 am - Women save less for retirement and are more likely to default on loans taken out of their retirement savings than their male counterparts, according to a report from Lin...
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Paylocity in Arlington Heights names Gaty to lead product developmentAug 14, 2013 10:00 am - Arlington Heights-based Paylocity Corp. has appointed Ted Gaty as senior vice president of product development. Gaty joins the payroll and human resources services provi...
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Huntley Outlet Center new home for thrift shopAug 14, 2013 10:00 am - A Huntley thrift store that raises money for its own nonprofit organization has left its former home on Route 47 and moved into the Huntley Outlet Center. Sweet Repeats...
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Roselle’s LanzaTech partners in India to create new biofuel processAug 14, 2013 9:31 am - Roselle-based LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, has partnered with the Centre for Advanced Bio-Energy in India to create a proces...
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UPS jet crashes near Birmingham airport, 2 deadAug 14, 2013 8:13 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A UPS cargo plane crashed into a field near the Birmingham airport Wednesday, killing two pilots and scattering wreckage over a wide rural area moment...
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U.S. retail sales up 0.2 percent in JulyAug 14, 2013 6:47 am - U.S. retail sales edged up in July despite a drop in auto sales. A category of purchases that excludes the most volatile areas rose by the most in seven months, a sign t...
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Mars food study researchers emerge from domeAug 14, 2013 6:44 am - HONOLULU — Six researchers have spent the past four months living in a small dome on a barren Hawaii lava field at an elevation of 8,000 feet, trying to figure out what ...
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Airline mergers have already led to higher faresAug 14, 2013 6:42 am - NEW YORK — The government is trying to put a stop to rising airfares and fees by blocking the latest airline merger — but for fliers, it’s already too late. The past dec...
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MannKind’s Afrezza fares well in late-stage trialsAug 14, 2013 6:40 am - VALENCIA, Calif. — Drug developer MannKind says its inhaled insulin Afrezza met the main goals behind two late-stage studies involving patients with two types of diabete...