Business Stories from February 25, 2014 (Change date)
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Boeing said to struggle to sell $1.1 billion of early 787sFeb 25, 2014 12:01 am - Chicago-based Boeing Co. is struggling to find buyers for 11 of its earliest 787 Dreamliners valued at $1.1 billion after two airlines dropped orders for the holdover mo...
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How the Netflix-Comcast deal benefits consumersFeb 25, 2014 12:01 am - When Netflix agreed to pay to stream its movies to Comcast customers without infuriating delays, it essentially yielded to monopolistic extortion. Comcast, which has ju...
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Centralizing organ removal may benefit transplantsFeb 25, 2014 12:01 am - For decades, surgeons have traveled to far-off hospitals to remove organs from brain-dead donors and then rushed back to transplant them. Now an experiment in the Midwes...
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Home Depot profit tops estimates as housing rebound spurs salesFeb 25, 2014 12:01 am - Home Depot Inc., the largest U.S. home-improvement chain, posted fourth-quarter profit that topped analysts' estimates as a rebound in housing continued to spur spending...
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Beekeepers battle colony collapseFeb 25, 2014 12:01 am - DECATUR -- When beekeeper Dave Pangrac discovered that the thousands of honeybees from all five of his hives had disappeared in November, he experienced a mystery plagui...
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Conversant's appeal grows with focus on online ad techFeb 25, 2014 12:01 am - Conversant Inc. is gaining appeal as a takeover target after the company formerly known as ValueClick Inc. sold website businesses to focus on digital-advertising techno...
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Stocks end lower after an up-and-down dayFeb 25, 2014 12:01 am - NEW YORK - Stocks were unable to find any momentum on Tuesday. The market drifted between gains and losses throughout the day, then headed steadily lower in the last hou...
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U.S. home prices dip for second straight monthFeb 25, 2014 12:01 am - U.S. home prices fell for the second straight month in December as brutally cold weather, tight supply and higher costs slowed sales. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller ...
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Collapse of exchange spells trouble for bitcoinFeb 25, 2014 12:01 am - TOKYO - The sudden disappearance of one of the largest bitcoin exchanges only adds to the mystery and mistrust surrounding the virtual currency, which was just beginning...
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New Illinois lab to link companies with researchFeb 25, 2014 12:01 am - CHAMPAIGN - The professor who's helping lead a new digital manufacturing lab planned for Chicago says the facility will mean 50 to 70 jobs for the city but a wealth of p...