Business Stories from May 26, 2014 (Change date)
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McDonald's Happy Meal character spurs alarmMay 26, 2014 6:12 am - A new McDonald's Corp. character named Happy is inspiring a different emotion among Twitter users: fear. The box-shaped creature - with Gumby-like arms, eyes that pop ou...
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8 management lessons from the firing at the New York TimesMay 26, 2014 6:11 am - While few people agree on just about any aspect of Jill Abramson's dismissal as executive editor of The New York Times, there's general consensus on this: The company di...
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From New York to Hoffman, engineer opts for baking breadMay 26, 2014 5:00 am - Chris Wu went from helping to construct major buildings in New York to baking bread in Hoffman Estates. He and his wife Heather opened the Great Harvest Bread Co. in Ma...
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Geneva's Bike Medic of Geneva rolls into its 20th yearMay 26, 2014 5:00 am - An interview with Mike Palombi, owner of The Bike Medic based in Geneva. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: I provide bicycle repair and maintenance by appo...
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Owner mines LinkedIn for connections, prospectsMay 26, 2014 5:00 am - Ned Miller is a LinkedIn believer, calling the business social media site “a God send for the small business owner.” Miller, though, doesn't use the social media site to...
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Auto parts price-fixing probe rattles industryMay 26, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - An investigation into price-fixing and bid-rigging in the auto parts industry has mushroomed into the Justice Department's largest criminal antitrust probe ...
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Pfizer pulls plug on push to buy AstraZenecaMay 26, 2014 1:01 am - Pfizer said Monday that it does not intend to make a takeover offer for British drugmaker AstraZeneca, pulling the plug for now on what would have been the largest deal ...
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Hacking case belies profitable U.S. links with ChinaMay 26, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - China may be trying to steal trade secrets from U.S. businesses, as federal prosecutors allege. Yet for many U.S. companies, China's vast market remains an ...
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Prosecutors: Hacker helped thwart 300 cyberattacksMay 26, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - A prolific computer hacker who infiltrated the servers of major corporations later switched sides and helped the government disrupt hundreds of cyberattacks o...
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Europe's move to rein in Google would stall in U.S.May 26, 2014 1:00 am - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Europe's moves to rein in Google — including a court ruling this month ordering the search giant to give people a say in what pops up when someon...
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