Business Stories from March 14, 2014 (Change date)
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U.S. ponders drug testing in foreign aircraft shopsMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - DALLAS - Aviation regulators say they're considering rules that would require alcohol and drug testing for people who work on U.S. airline planes in foreign maintenance ...
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Missing jet pilots had firm community, family tiesMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The pilots of the missing Malaysia Airlines passenger jet were a middle-aged family man passionate enough about flying to build his own simulato...
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Obama to sign relief from flood insurance hikesMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is set to sign into law a bipartisan bill relieving homeowners living in flood-prone neighborhoods from big increases in their insura...
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Chicago truck company owner sentenced for fraudMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - The owner of a Chicago trucking company certified as a minority-owned business has been sentenced to 17 months in prison. Jesse Brunt was sentenced for a scheme that use...
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Jury deliberations near in Madoff worker trialMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - Jurors in the first criminal trial to result from Bernard Madoff's epic fraud may soon start weighing whether five of his former employees were his conspirators or his ...
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AP: FBI balks at pot background checksMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - SEATTLE - The FBI is refusing to run nationwide background checks on people applying to run legal marijuana businesses in Washington state, even though it has conducted ...
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Chicago regulations require enclosure of 'petcoke' pilesMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - Chicago health officials say huge mounds of petroleum coke along the Calumet River must be enclosed within two years to ease health and environmental concerns. The Chica...
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Workers win trial over pay for putting on gearMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - ZEELAND, Mich. - A jury says a Michigan meatpacker violated federal law by not paying workers for putting on and taking off safety wear. The case involves two dozen peo...
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Amsterdam canal house built with 3-D printerMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - AMSTERDAM - Hundreds of years after wealthy merchants began building the tall, narrow brick houses that have come to define Amsterdam's skyline, Dutch architects are upd...
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Quinn reappoints Scott as ICC chairmanMar 14, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Pat Quinn has named Doug Scott to a second term as the Illinois Commerce Commission's chairman. The Democratic governor said Friday that Scott helped ...