Business Stories from February 3, 2015 (Change date)
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ECC to host free financial aid workshop Feb. 8Feb 04, 2015 2:32 pm - Elgin Community College is hosting a free financial aid workshop Sunday, Feb. 8, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Building E University and Business Center, 1700 Spartan Drive...
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Staples buys Office Depot for $6 billionFeb 05, 2015 9:07 am - NEW YORK (AP) — The rapidly changing tools of the work place and the way we shop has led to another major consolidation in the retail office supply business as Staples a...
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GM 2014 profit falls 26 percent to $2.8B on recall costsFeb 04, 2015 10:53 am - DETROIT (AP) — If it weren't for the recalls, 2014 would have been a stellar year for General Motors. Even with $2.8 billion in pretax costs to fix more than 30 million ...
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Grain higher, livestock lowerFeb 05, 2015 9:33 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar delivery was unchanged at $5.11 a bushel; Mar corn was 3 ...
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US services firms grew at slightly faster pace in JanuaryFeb 04, 2015 9:47 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. services firms grew at a slightly faster pace in January, led by hotels, restaurants and financial firms. The Institute for Supply Management said...
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Ford to transition up to 500 workers to higher payFeb 05, 2015 7:55 am - DETROIT (AP) - Ford Motor Co. is moving several hundred U.S. hourly workers into a higher pay bracket after surpassing a cap on the number of lower-wage workers it can h...
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McElroy Pediatric Dentistry offers First Smiles programFeb 05, 2015 5:26 pm - McElroy Pediatric Dentistry of Bloomingdale is announcing their First Smiles Program for National Children's Dental Health Month. The Free Smiles program will provide fr...
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GreenFields of Geneva earns five-star ratingFeb 05, 2015 2:56 pm - Briarwood Healthcare Center at GreenFields of Geneva has received the highly esteemed five-star rating from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CMS created the F...
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Schaumburg's Motorola Solutions tops 4Q forecastsFeb 05, 2015 8:09 am - Schaumburg-based Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $201 million. The company said it had net income of 87 cents per share....
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Hospira and Fox are big market moversFeb 05, 2015 3:03 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Hospira Inc., up $22.84 to $8...