Business Stories from October 2, 2014 (Change date)
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Wind farm project starts in eastern IllinoisOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - HERSCHER - EDF Renewable Energy started construction on an Illinois wind farm project they say should start producing electricity early next year. The San Diego, Calif.-...
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Contact lost with planes one by one in FAA center fireOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - The first radio links with pilots were lost just as the pre-dawn crush of flights into Chicago began. Air-traffic controllers in a nondescript Federal Aviation Administr...
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Court to hear cases over employment, housing biasOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Did retailer Abercrombie & Fitch discriminate against a Muslim woman who was denied a job because her headscarf clashed with the company's dress code? That'...
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Flight operations at Chicago airports improvingOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - The Federal Aviation Administration says that despite the sabotage last week at a suburban Chicago air traffic control center, air traffic controllers managed more opera...
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At Northwestern, Obama touts economic gainsOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - President Barack Obama, in a speech at Northwestern University on Thursday, acknowledged his pivotal role in the midterm political campaign, arguing the November congres...
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More labor talks set at Illinois Honeywell plantOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - METROPOLIS - Contract talks meant to end a lockout of union-backed workers at a southern Illinois plant that helps make nuclear fuel are scheduled to resume. WSIL-TV rep...
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Chicagoans line up for one last taste at Hot Doug'sOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - Chicago's hippest hot dog stand helped elevate the lowly sausage into a culinary superstar by stuffing it with exotic ingredients including escargot, foie gras and rattl...
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U.S. factory orders posted record drop in AugustOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - Orders to U.S. factories fell in August by the largest amount on record, but the drop was heavily weighed by an expected plunge in volatile aircraft orders. A key catego...
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Commodities trader indicted in ChicagoOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - A New Jersey high-frequency trader was accused of manipulating commodity prices by sending false signals to the market and then executing trades within milliseconds to m...
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76 million households hit by JPMorgan data breachOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - A huge cyberattack against JPMorgan Chase & Co. this summer compromised customer information for about 76 million households and 7 million small businesses...