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Business Stories from February 3, 2015 (Change date)

Study: Many herbal supplements aren't what the label says

By Mary Esch Associated Press
Feb 04, 2015 9:36 am - ALBANY, N.Y. — Bottles of Walmart-brand echinacea, an herb said to ward off colds, were found to contain no echinacea at all. GNC-brand bottles of St. John's wort, toute...
Licensing co. Iconix buying Strawberry Shortcake for $105M

Associated Press
Feb 03, 2015 2:06 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Snoopy and Charlie Brown are getting a new corporate buddy. Iconix, the brand licensing company that owns the "Peanuts" gang of characters, said Tuesday ...
Obama-GOP overlap? Public works, corporate taxes, defense

By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press
Feb 03, 2015 2:06 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - There are reasons President Barack Obama and his aides will argue that his new budget can be the start of a negotiation with the Republican controlled ...
Study: College completion gap between rich, poor widens

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO Associated Press
Feb 04, 2015 9:15 am - LOS ANGELES - The gap in bachelor-degree attainment between the nation's richest and poorest students by age 24 has doubled during the last four decades, according to a ...
Elgin man killed when machine explodes in Carol Stream

By Lee Filas
Feb 05, 2015 4:37 am - A 35-year-old Elgin man was killed late Monday night when the machinery he was working on exploded inside a Carol Stream factory, authorities said. Chad Nelson was usin...
Oil price rise sends stocks higher

By Bernard Condon AP Business Writer
Feb 04, 2015 8:09 am - NEW YORK - A jump in oil prices helped push U.S. stocks indexes sharply higher for a second day on Tuesday, erasing much of their losses from the start of the year. U.S....
Fiat Chrysler, Nissan report big Jan. US sales jumps

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writers
Feb 03, 2015 2:06 pm - DETROIT (AP) - Fiat Chrysler and Nissan each reported double-digit U.S. sales increases in January, signs that car sales didn't spin out even with a major snowstorm hitt...
UPS hits lowered target for 4Q profit, 2015 forecast tepid

Feb 03, 2015 3:05 pm - By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) - Higher spending to gear up for the crush of holiday-package deliveries pushed fourth-quarter profit down 61 percent at U...
Super Bowl ads are hit for Like a girl, miss for Nationwide

Bloomberg
Feb 03, 2015 11:07 am - The Super Bowl ads once again stole the show for many viewers, despite a nail-biting end to the New England Patriots' win over the Seattle Seahawks. Critics were quick t...

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