Business Stories from August 22, 2014 (Change date)
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Gurnee company to move to WisconsinAug 23, 2014 7:55 am - Quest Products, a consumer packaged goods company based in Gurnee, announced plans to move its operations across the border to Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. The compa...
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Stocks little changed on Ukraine, Yellen speechAug 22, 2014 10:01 am - NEW YORK - Stocks were little changed Friday after a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen left investors unsure on how the nation's most important financial voic...
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Naperville council green-lights Swedish manufacturer's planAug 23, 2014 7:55 am - A Swedish-based manufacturer, SKF Group, has received approval of zoning variances to build a 130,000-square-foot research and development center on roughly 13 acres at ...
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Yellen: Job market makes Fed hesitant on rate hikeAug 23, 2014 7:55 am - WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Friday that the Great Recession complicated the Fed's ability to assess the U.S. job market and made it harder to de...
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McDonald's names new U.S. president againAug 23, 2014 7:55 am - NEW YORK - Oak Brook-based McDonald's named a new president for its struggling U.S. division on Friday, marking the second change in the high-profile spot in less than t...
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Dynegy to spend $6.25B on power plant acquisitionsAug 22, 2014 10:02 am - Dynegy plans to spend more than $6 billion to buy several coal and gas power generation plants from Duke Energy and Energy Capital Partners. Shares of the Houston power ...
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Lawsuits challenge FAA drone, model aircraft rulesAug 23, 2014 7:55 am - WASHINGTON - Model aircraft hobbyists, research universities and commercial drone interests filed lawsuits Friday challenging a government directive that they say impose...
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At Jackson Hole, central bankers eye varying goalsAug 22, 2014 10:29 am - WASHINGTON - The central bankers meeting this week at their annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, aren't exactly in sync. Many are taking steps that clash with the...
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Stocks mostly lower as Ukraine tensions flareAug 23, 2014 7:55 am - NEW YORK - The stock market paused Friday, following four days of gains, after a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen left investors unsure about how the nation'...
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Coal gas boom in China holds climate change risksAug 22, 2014 8:34 am - HEXIGTEN, China - Deep in the hilly grasslands of remote Inner Mongolia, twin smoke stacks rise more than 200 feet into the sky, their steam and sulfur billowing over he...
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