Business Stories from August 15, 2014 (Change date)
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Berkshire Hathaway stock tops $200,000Aug 15, 2014 9:02 am - OMAHA, Neb. - Naysayers have been calling shares of Warren Buffett's company overpriced for decades. But Berkshire Hathaway Class A stock, which first topped $1,000 in ...
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'Fort Knox' security for Illinois marijuana tradeAug 16, 2014 7:38 am - Medical marijuana in Illinois will be encased in vaults, monitored by security guards and protected by fingerprint-recognition biometrics. It will be grown in enclosed, ...
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No bidders for possibly booby-trapped landAug 17, 2014 7:47 am - CONCORD, N.H. - No one bid for the compound of a tax-evading couple convicted of amassing an arsenal of weapons and holding federal law enforcement officials at bay for ...
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Sentencing panel to weigh economic crime penaltiesAug 15, 2014 8:54 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON - The federal panel that sets sentencing policy announced Thursday that it plans in the coming year to consider changes to sentencing guideli...
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U.S. producer prices rise just 0.1 percent in JulyAug 15, 2014 9:09 am - Falling gasoline costs lowered the prices that U.S. companies received for their goods and services last month, keeping overall inflation in check. The Labor Department...
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American airlines settles 99% of creditor claimsAug 16, 2014 7:38 am - American Airlines resolved 99 percent of about 22,000 creditor claims filed in the Chapter 11 reorganization that concluded in November in a merger with US Airways to fo...
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Renewed fighting in Ukraine rattles stocksAug 16, 2014 7:38 am - NEW YORK - Renewed fighting in Ukraine rattled markets on Friday. Reports that Ukrainian forces attacked Russian military vehicles that had crossed the border knocked st...
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Wholesale prices in U.S. Rise at slower pace as fuel dropsAug 15, 2014 9:03 am - Wholesale prices in the U.S. rose at a slower pace in July as fuel costs dropped by the most in eight months. The 0.1 percent increase in the producer price index matche...
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Dish seen as favored suitor for t-mobile after Sprint pulloutAug 15, 2014 5:35 pm - Dish Network Corp.'s $26 billion worth of airwaves and national pay-TV service, if combined with T-Mobile US Inc., would create a formidable fourth player in the U.S. wi...
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IRS failed to do background checks on contractorsAug 15, 2014 9:01 am - Associated Press WASHINGTON - A government investigator says the IRS failed to do background checks on some private contractors who handled confidential taxpayer informa...
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