Business Stories from August 18, 2014 (Change date)
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Faster food at Manila minimarts challenges McDonald'sAug 18, 2014 1:01 am - At lunchtime in Manila, Isha Vida avoids fast-food restaurants and joins thousands of other workers and students buying ready-made meals at minimarts across the Philipp...
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U.S. stocks gain; Dollar General jumps after bidAug 18, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Corporate deal news gave the US stock market a lift on Monday as a bidding contest erupted for a discount retailer. Stocks also climbed amid reports of diplom...
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Consumer sentiment in U.S. fell in August to nine-month lowAug 18, 2014 1:01 am - American consumer confidence unexpectedly declined in August to a nine-month low, repressed by gloomy wage perceptions. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan prelim...
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Panera, mattress store to replace Tilted Kilt in Vernon HillsAug 18, 2014 1:00 am - A familiar restaurant locale along Milwaukee Avenue in Vernon Hills will be torn down and replaced with new users. Shorewood Development Group of Buffalo Grove has infor...
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Structure helps draw potential franchise ownersAug 18, 2014 1:00 am - Franchises are more than burgers and subs. There's The Entrepreneur's Source, for example, a franchise business whose individual owners help people find their own franch...
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Google and right-to-be-forgotten critics distort ruling, EU saysAug 18, 2014 1:00 am - Google Inc. and other critics of a European Union court ruling that created a right to be forgotten on the Internet are exaggerating it to undermine a reform of data-pro...
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Griller Gerrish fires up ideas for 25th anniversaryAug 18, 2014 1:00 am - Bryan Gerrish of Arlington Heights has a yard full of Weber grills. During the summer, you may see about a dozen or so. His favorite is the Performer with both gas and ...
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McDonald's confronts its junk food imageAug 18, 2014 1:00 am - NEW YORK — At a dinner Oak Brook-based McDonald's hosted for reporters and bloggers, waiters served cuisine prepared by celebrity chefs using ingredients from the chain'...
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Blagojevich, state corruption feature in rulingAug 18, 2014 1:00 am - A U.S. appeals court took on the issue of Illinois corruption under now-imprisoned former Gov. Rod Blagojevich as it revived a lawsuit alleging that racetrack owners br...
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