Business Stories from August 25, 2014 (Change date)
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Chocolate drink turns into a sweet racing business for Buffalo Grove companyAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - Steve Ginsburg of Deerfield never realized what an impact hot chocolate could have - for him and for tens of thousands of runners nationwide. Ginsburg, who owns and oper...
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Boeing wins $8.8 billion aviation order on Asian demandAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - Boeing Co. won an order for 82 jets from BOC Aviation Pte valued at $8.8 billion in list prices as Asian aircraft leasing companies boost their fleet amid a surge in tr...
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Funds: Ann Taylor chain owner should consider saleAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - Ann Inc., the owner of the Ann Taylor fashion brand, should consider alternative strategies including a sale to gain more money for shareholders, two investment funds s...
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Guilty plea in California meat recall caseAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - SAN FRANCISCO - A co-owner of a Northern California slaughterhouse accused of processing cows with cancer has pleaded guilty to a criminal charge. The San Francisco Chro...
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State investigating Chinese buffet restaurants for worker abusesAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office is working with the state's Department of Labor to investigate complaints of worker abuse at a number of buffet-style Chi...
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Republicans redefine obstruction on nomineesAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - A catch to the terrific Twitter-based compiler of all things related to judicial nominations, Mansfield2016, who has a new chart showing that even after the "nuclear opt...
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S&P 500 touches another milestoneAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - Summer doldrums? Not on Wall Street. The stock market notched another first on Monday as the Standard & Poor's 500 index nudged briefly past the 2,000-point mark and clo...
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Sales of US new homes fall in JulyAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - Fewer Americans bought new homes in July, evidence that the housing sector is struggling to gain traction more than five years into the economic recovery. The Commerce D...
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Daily fantasy football creates big-dollar industryAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - LAS VEGAS - When lawmakers carved out an exemption for fantasy sports in a 2006 law targeting online poker, no one predicted that it would spawn an online gambling opera...
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Arlington Heights chamber office flooded, closedAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - The Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce office is closed "until further notice, due to flooding," according to an email sent Monday morning. The office is at 311 S. Ar...