Business Stories from October 21, 2014 (Change date)
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Kimberly-Clark to cut up to 1,300 jobsOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - DALLAS - Kimberly-Clark plans to eliminate up to 1,300 jobs as part of restructuring efforts aimed at reducing costs and making its business more efficient. The consumer...
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America says no to cappuccino potato chipsOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - America has rejected the idea of cappuccino-flavored Lay's potato chips. Frito-Lay says Wasabi Ginger won its contest that gives people a chance to create a new flavor, ...
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New efforts to ban tobacco farm child laborOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Two years after the Obama administration backed off a rule that would have banned children from dangerous agriculture jobs, public health advocates and lawm...
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Nurses, University of Illinois Hospital reach pactOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - Nurses and administrators of the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago have reached a tentative agreement that ends the threat of a walkout. Members of the Illinois...
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Toyota says stay out of front seats as air-bag probe widensOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - Toyota Motor Corp. is advising U.S. owners to keep passengers out of the front seats of several models until dealers can repair defective air bags, four months after ta...
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McDonald's 3rd quarter profit drops 30% as sales slumpOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - Oak Brook-based McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant chain, said third-quarter profit fell 30 percent as U.S. sales slumped for the fourth straight quarter. ...
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Russian plane crash: snowplow driver was drunkOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - MOSCOW - Russian investigators say the driver of a snowplow that collided with a corporate jet at a Moscow airport, killing the CEO of French oil giant Total, was drunk....
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Chinese investor offers $100K for former Elgin schoolOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - A private boarding school and a treatment center described as possibly the biggest of its type in the Midwest are among the proposals for the shuttered Fox River Country...
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Stocks rally; S&P 500 has best day of 2014Oct 21, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The U.S. stock market marched higher Tuesday, giving the Standard & Poor's 500 index its best day of the year. Investors rallied behind an encouraging report...
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Suburban newspapers poised for change if sold by Sun-TimesOct 21, 2014 1:01 am - Report: Sun-Times in talks to sell chain of publications to Tribune Publishing