All Stories from November 19, 2014 (Change date)
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GM analysts cite cheap shares as best buyNov 19, 2014 12:00 am - If relative value means anything, General Motors Co. may be the best buy in the auto industry. That, at least, is the consensus of bullish analysts, who are extolling th...
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Batavia public school enrollment continues decliningNov 19, 2014 12:00 am - Enrollment in the Batavia public schools will likely continue to decline for several more years, according to a report presented to the school board Tuesday. District of...
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McDonald's Moscow restaurant reopens after shutdownNov 19, 2014 12:00 am - OakBrook-based McDonald's Corp.'s largest restaurant in Russia reopened after local officials shuttered the location for three months, an optimistic sign for a company t...
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Mortgage applications rise on jump in home purchasesNov 19, 2014 12:00 am - Mortgage applications in the U.S. rose last week for the first time in a month on the biggest gain in home purchases since March 2013. The Mortgage Bankers Association's...
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A visit to sweet home Lerna, IllinoisNov 19, 2014 12:00 am - LERNA — Rob Ratliff knows a few things about the small town he's spent most of his life in, beginning in 1979. Ratliff, who now serves as Fire Chief at Lincoln Fire Prot...
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Durbin said to oppose Obama's choice for Treasury chiefNov 19, 2014 12:00 am - Second-ranking Senate Democrat Richard Durbin will oppose the nomination of Antonio Weiss to a top Treasury position, a Senate Democratic aide said today. Durbin of Illi...
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Illinois Democrats get minimum wage hike movingNov 19, 2014 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate started advancing a plan Wednesday that would raise the state's minimum wage to $11 per hour by 2017, starting with an increase from $8...
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Single-family housing starts in U.S. rise along with permitsNov 19, 2014 12:00 am - Groundbreaking for single-family homes climbed in October and permits for all future projects reached a six-year high to signal construction will add to U.S. economic gr...
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New University of Illinois president introducedNov 19, 2014 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN — The University of Illinois system has hired State University of New York Vice Chancellor for Research Timothy L. Killeen as its next president, overseeing th...
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Naperville man gets 10 years for trying to lure young girlsNov 19, 2014 12:00 am - A 38-year-old Naperville man who posed as a St. Charles East High School student on Facebook to lure young girls has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Eric Hakala of...