Business Stories from July 8, 2014 (Change date)
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Car club calendarJul 08, 2014 11:00 pm - Car shows July 12: Sixth annual Lake in the Hills Rockin' Ribfest Car Show, Sunset Park, Lake in the Hills. Highlights classic, exotic and soecial interest cars. F...
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Batavia council: Keep Randall Road 75% shopping, diningJul 08, 2014 5:30 am - Businesses that don't generate sales tax - health clubs, dry cleaners, dentists and the like - can now be considered again for spots on Randall Road in Batavia. But they...
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U.S. companies post most jobs in 7 years in MayJul 08, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. employers advertised more jobs in May than in any month in the past seven years, a sign that this year's strong hiring trend is likely to continue. Mo...
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AbbVie raises its bid for Shire by about 11 pctJul 08, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - U.S. drugmaker AbbVie has boosted its offer for Shire by 11 percent to about $51.3 billion, hoping it will be enough to pique the interest of its British coun...
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Man dies at South Dakota hot dog eating contestJul 08, 2014 1:01 am - CUSTER, S.D. - A Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in western South Dakota turned tragic when a contestant choked to death. Walter Eagle Tail, 47, of Custer, died at...
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4 in 10 US homes are cellphone only, skip landlineJul 08, 2014 1:01 am - More American households are ditching their old telephones: 4 out of 10 only use cellphones, a government survey shows. That's twice the rate from just five years ago, a...
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Pope to replace vatican bank managers as profit drops 97%Jul 08, 2014 1:01 am - Pope Francis plans to replace the board and executives at the Vatican Bank after a year of reorganization at the scandal-plagued institution in which more than 2,000 acc...
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Sears, Kmart team to expand free store pickup to more than 2,000 locationsJul 08, 2014 1:01 am - Hoffman Estate Sears and Kmart are introducing an online/in-store collaboration to allow pick up of sears.com or kmart.com orders at any of each other's stores - more th...
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Stocks fall for a second day; Nasdaq slumpsJul 08, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Investors unloaded all manner of stocks Tuesday as they wait for corporate earnings reports to help them determine whether a recent run-up in the market is ju...
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1956 Grand Canyon crash a game-changer in air travelJul 08, 2014 1:01 am - GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. - The National Park Service created a national landmark Tuesday to commemorate a 1956 collision between two airliners over the Grand Ca...
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