Business Stories from October 31, 2014 (Change date)
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Boeing sees rocket blast hastening end to Russia-engine relianceOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - The Antares rocket destroyed in a fireball off a Virginia launchpad could speed efforts by the U.S. space industry to end its reliance on Russian-made engines, Chicago-b...
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Insurance company sues Schaumburg to avoid cost of arrested-cops casesOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - Schaumburg's insurance company, Lloyd's of London, has filed suit against the village and other relevant parties to both clarify and eliminate its liability in pending l...
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Wal-mart to cut prices on 20,000 items to spur salesOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., working to reverse six straight quarters of stagnant U.S. sales, will cut prices on more than 20,000 items tomorrow to get a jump on competitors be...
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Joe Caputo & Sons to open Elk Grove Village store by JanuaryOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - While one grocer is moving out, another is coming to Elk Grove Village in the coming months. The planned opening date of Joe Caputo & Sons Fruit Market at the former Dom...
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Manufacturing in Chicago area expands at fastest rate in a yearOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - Business activity in the Chicago area expanded in October at the fastest pace in a year, a sign manufacturing is overcoming a global slowdown and is contributing to grow...
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Medicare bought medications for dead peopleOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - Call it drugs for the departed: Medicare's prescription program kept paying for costly medications even after patients were dead. The problem was traced back to a head-s...
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Eurozone inflation creeps up to 0.4 percentOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - FRANKFURT, Germany - Inflation has crept higher in the 18 countries that use the euro but the rise to 0.4 percent in the year to October is unlikely to offer much relief...
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Lenovo won't stop at No. 3 in phones with Motorola, CEO saysOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - Lenovo Group Ltd. said its $2.91 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility from Google Inc. will help the company boost global smartphone sales and challenge market leaders ...
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Developers interested in Sakura restaurant site in Mt. ProspectOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - In delivering the 2015 budget proposal for his department to the village board this week, Mount Prospect Community Development Director William Cooney offered some tanta...
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Nevada court says Strip club dancers are employeesOct 31, 2014 1:01 am - LAS VEGAS - In a ruling that could prove costly for Nevada strip clubs, the state Supreme Court says dancers at one Las Vegas club are employees, not independent contrac...