Business Stories from February 11, 2014 (Change date)
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Schaumburg seeks Environmental Awards nomineesFeb 11, 2014 12:01 am - Schaumburg's Environmental Committee established the Green Recognition Program for residents and businesses in 2010. Eligible categories are Energy Efficiency, Renewable...
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U.S. stocks surge after Fed chief reassuresFeb 11, 2014 12:01 am - NEW YORK - Reassuring words from the new head of the Federal Reserve sent stocks soaring on Tuesday and gave the market its longest winning streak this year. The Dow Jon...
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TV comedian behind 'Dumb Starbucks' in L.A.Feb 11, 2014 12:01 am - LOS ANGELES - It was a caffeine-charged Hollywood whodunit: Just whose bright idea was the "Dumb Starbucks" coffee shop that popped up and started serving free drinks fr...
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Plans in works to add lanes to I-69 in C. IndianaFeb 11, 2014 12:01 am - PENDLETON, Ind. - State highway officials are working on plans to add lanes to a busy section of Interstate 69 through central Indiana. The Indiana Department of Transp...
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Mount Prospect welcomes clean energy facilityFeb 11, 2014 12:01 am - The Mount Prospect business community is getting a little greener. The village board recently granted Washington-based World CNG a permit to establish a compressed natur...
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Yellen rebuffs Fed critics and pleases investorsFeb 11, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - Janet Yellen pursued a simple strategy Tuesday for handling a battery of lawmakers who came armed with skepticism about the Federal Reserve: Politely stand ...
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NJ festival lets you eat, drink, floss with baconFeb 11, 2014 12:01 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Get ready for bacon like you've never eaten, drunk or worn it before. Bacon milkshakes. Chocolate-covered bacon shaped like roses. Bacon-flavored t...
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House passes debt ceiling increaseFeb 11, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - Unwilling to spook the markets and divided among themselves, House Republicans backed away from a battle over the government's debt limit Tuesday and permit...
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Apple loses bid to delay court-ordered e-books antitrust monitorFeb 11, 2014 12:01 am - Apple Inc., which faces as much as $840 million in state and consumer antitrust claims stemming from an electronic books lawsuit, lost its bid to halt oversight by a cou...
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Delaware court to handle Philly newspaper saleFeb 11, 2014 12:01 am - PHILADELPHIA - Feuding owners of Philadelphia's two largest newspapers must dissolve the company in Delaware, where they incorporated two years ago, a judge has ruled. T...