Business Stories from April 7, 2014 (Change date)
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Train too fast for brakes to stop crash at O'Hare: reportApr 08, 2014 5:32 am - A CTA train was speeding at 26 mph just seconds before it hit a bumper at the end of the track at the Blue Line O'Hare Station and bounced onto an escalator March 24, th...
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Gas prices rise by 5 cents in past 2 weeksApr 07, 2014 12:42 pm - CAMARILLO, Calif. - The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has risen 5 cents in the past two weeks. The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says th...
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Gallagher to sell $890 million of shares for Wesfarmers DealcApr 08, 2014 7:48 am - Itasca-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is selling 19 million shares of common stock to help fund the purchase of Wesfarmers Ltd.'s insurance brokering operation, as the ...
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Stocks slump, extending decline from last weekApr 08, 2014 7:48 am - NEW YORK - For investors, a volatile stock market passed a worrisome milestone on Monday. The market logged its longest losing streak in two months, and extended a sell-...
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Fargo 6th-graders mop up against college investorsApr 08, 2014 7:48 am - FARGO, N.D. - A class of sixth-graders from North Dakota has schooled some of the best college business students in the country on the stock market. It started as a comp...
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Boeing expects $50M Globemaster charge in 1QApr 07, 2014 6:14 pm - Associated Press Chicago-based Boeing will take a $50 million charge as it ends production of its C-17 Globemaster III and closes its last assembly facility in Long Beac...
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Lands' End starts trading as public companyApr 07, 2014 2:39 pm - NEW YORK - Lands' End shares are falling in its first day as a separate public company after being spun off from Sears. The company's stock dropped $2.17, or 6.8 percent...
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A recovering U.S. is outpacing other major economiesApr 07, 2014 7:33 pm - WASHINGTON - As a brutal winter yields to spring, the U.S. economy is showing renewed strength just as other major economies appear desperate for help. Europe is clingin...
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High court rejects new campaign finance caseApr 07, 2014 11:06 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to century-old bans on campaign contributions by corporations. The justices turned away an appeal without comment...
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Court rejects early appeal of surveillance rulingApr 07, 2014 11:06 am - WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has declined an early look at a constitutional challenge to the National Security Agency's bulk collection of millions of Americans' telep...