Business Stories from August 16, 2013 (Change date)
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Deerfield’s United Stationers appoints new CFOAug 16, 2013 9:09 am - United Stationers Inc. of Deerfield has named Todd Shelton as senior vice president and chief financial officer, replacing Fareed Khan, who left the company to accept a ...
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Lisle-based KONE among world’s most innovative companiesAug 16, 2013 9:09 am - For the third consecutive year, Lisley-based KONE has been ranked among the top 100 most innovative companies in the world by business magazine Forbes. KONE’s ranking ro...
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Mom says worm in son’s drink; Kraft investigatingAug 16, 2013 6:58 am - HOWELL TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A Michigan woman says she sucked up what appears to be a wiggling white worm when taking a sip of her son’s packaged juice drink. Emmie Field of...
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U.S. homebuilder confidence nears 8-year highAug 16, 2013 6:36 am - Confidence among U.S. homebuilders is at its highest level in nearly eight years, fueled by optimism that demand for new homes will drive sales growth into next year. T...
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Tepid U.S. retail sales raising doubts about economyAug 16, 2013 6:33 am - Bleaker outlooks at retailers like Wal-Mart and Macy’s are raising doubts that consumers will spend enough in coming months to lift the still-subpar U.S. economy. Though...
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Fed: Midwest farmland value keeps risingAug 16, 2013 6:28 am - The value of Midwestern farmland continues to soar. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis says in a report issued Thursday that a five-year trend of increasing farmland ...
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Chicago officials expand Greencorps job-trainingAug 16, 2013 6:26 am - Transportation officials are expanding the Greencorps Chicago job-training program this summer to the city’s southeast side. The Chicago Department of Transportation an...
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Chicago welcomes 4 new food trucks to its streetsAug 16, 2013 6:25 am - Four new food trucks are hitting the streets of Chicago, and one of them is equipped with an onboard barbecue smoker. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office announced the newly lic...
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Chicago to audit department after ex-head indictedAug 16, 2013 6:23 am - Chicago’s mayor will review the last two years of activity in the Finance Department after the city’s ex-comptroller was indicted in Ohio on charges of money laundering,...
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Settlers Hill work could cost $1.6 million in 2014Aug 16, 2013 5:30 am - Kane County officials don't yet have a partner to move forward with in the first steps of converting the old Settlers Hill landfill into a recreational hub. But that isn...
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