Business Stories from May 30, 2014 (Change date)
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Ballmer's record $2 billion offer wins bidding for ClippersMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - Former Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers for a record $2 billion as the wife of Donald Sterling pushed through the sa...
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Dow, S&P close out May at record highsMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The stock market closed out May on a mostly higher note Friday, sending two out of the three major U.S. indexes to record highs. Trading was uneven, and index...
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United agrees to $6.15M settlement with pilotsMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - Chicago-based United Airlines is paying $6.15 million to settle a lawsuit by pilots who claimed that the airline underpaid for contributions to their pension accounts wh...
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Are the Clippers really worth $2 billion?May 30, 2014 1:01 am - A high-profile NBA franchise in a major media market was suddenly available. A handful of power brokers from the technology, entertainment and venture capital fields wer...
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GOP House backs state medical marijuana lawsMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Libertarian-minded and moderate Republicans joined forces early Friday morning with Democrats in an early morning House vote to block the federal governmen...
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Glen Ellyn's new French market opens June 8May 30, 2014 1:01 am - Glen Ellyn shoppers will have a new option this summer when the village's French market premieres on June 8 in the Crescent/Glenwood parking lot near Prospect Avenue. T...
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FDA to update seafood, mercury guidelinesMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration is updating its advice for pregnant women on the appropriate levels of mercury in seafood but Commissioner Margaret Hamburg...
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Mobile vendors in Libertyville to shift from public to private propertyMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - A pending change to the Libertyville village code would allow mobile vendors to operate on private properties, but it would also eliminate the summer tradition of ice cr...
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Motorola to close Texas smartphone factoryMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - FORT WORTH, Texas - Google's Motorola Mobility handset unit announced Friday it will shutter its North Texas factory by the end of this year, barely a year after it open...
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Elon Musk unveils spacecraft to ferry astronautsMay 30, 2014 1:01 am - A company that has flown unmanned capsules to the Space Station unveiled a spacecraft designed to ferry up to seven astronauts to low-Earth orbit that SpaceX founder El...