Business Stories from August 14, 2014 (Change date)
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U.S. EPA denies permit to store PCBs in landfillAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided against giving a chemical waste permit to a central Illinois landfill that would allow it to store PCB. In a stateme...
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Schaumburg: Electronic cigarettes still cigarettesAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - Schaumburg officials this week classified electronic cigarettes the same as tobacco products for law enforcement purposes, and created a new businesses license for store...
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Motorola solutions sells $1.4 billion of bonds to fund pensionsAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - Motorola Solutions Inc. sold $1.4 billion of bonds in its biggest issue in almost seven years to help fund pension contributions and refinance debt. The maker of two-way...
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Illinois company latest to test market for carpAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - GRAFTON, Ill. - When they arrive at the processing plant, the fish that have been cursed as a menace to American lakes and rivers are raked onto a conveyer belt, some of...
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First use of Ebola vaccine appears at least a month awayAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - A vaccine that could help protect medical workers as they fight Ebola in West Africa, even just after contamination, may take at least a month to be available as global ...
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Madoff son asks judge to block trustee's bid to revamp lawsuitAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - Bernard Madoff's surviving son and the estate of another who committed suicide asked a court to block the trustee unwinding the con-man's firm from adding new claims to ...
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Californians to vote on $7.5 billion water planAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Driven to action by the state's historic drought, California lawmakers on Wednesday voted to place a $7.5 billion water plan before voters in Novemb...
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Stocks creep higher following earnings newsAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Better corporate earnings helped nudge the stock market up on Thursday in one of the quietest sessions this year. Health-care companies led the major indexes...
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Dist. 15, Rolling Meadows police crack down on drivers who ignore bus signsAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - A supplier of red-light cameras has found a new client: suburban school districts. RedSpeed Illinois Inc. is testing a camera that catches drivers blowing through a spec...
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Electrolux in discussions to acquire GE home-appliances divisionAug 14, 2014 1:01 am - Electrolux AB, the Swedish maker of AEG stoves and Frigidaire refrigerators, said it's in talks to buy General Electric Co.'s home-appliances business. No agreement on a...