Business Stories from December 27, 2015 (Change date)
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'Force Awakens' becomes fastest movie to $1 billionDec 30, 2015 5:11 am - LOS ANGELES - "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" has reached $1 billion at the box office, achieving the milestone with record-setting hyper speed. The Walt Disney Co. said ...
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Women in Management kicks off new year with Jan. 14 meetingDec 28, 2015 4:51 pm - Women in Management Fox Valley kicks off the new year on Thursday, Jan. 14, with Elena Ferrarin, a senior writer at the Daily Herald. The luncheon will be held at the El...
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Oldsmobile Toronado a real victoryDec 31, 2015 5:05 am - Jim Ostrander has a soft spot for discarded and unloved things — especially vehicles. He's found they're big on fun and small on price. Even before he could drive, he sc...
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How employers can make moving easierDec 28, 2015 5:11 am - Recently, I shared suggestions for workers struggling to adapt to an office move. This week, it's the employers' turn. Personal and career counselor Jim Weinstein recall...
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How to fight Asian slavery, one supplier at a timeDec 28, 2015 5:11 am - As you dig into your shrimp cocktail this holiday season, spare a thought for the men and women who peeled those tiny crustaceans. According to a six-month Associated Pr...
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After glut of corporate mergers, now the hard partDec 28, 2015 5:11 am - This year's unprecedented M&A activity has been characterized in many ways. It's been labeled a wave, a boom, a frenzy, a mania, a flood. "Glut" may prove most accurate...
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Beware the consensus: Top forecasters of 2015 break from crowdDec 28, 2015 5:11 am - The most accurate forecasters of stocks, bonds and precious metals have a warning for investors as they look forward to 2016: don't trust the wisdom of crowds. After a y...
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Taiwan presidential front-runner: Can't 'be bound' to ChinaDec 27, 2015 6:30 pm - TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - The front-runner in Taiwan's presidential race said Sunday that she would seek stable relations with mainland China, but did not rule out revisitin...
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Chinese mine boss drowns himself after deadly collapseDec 27, 2015 3:30 am - BEIJING (AP) - The owner of a Chinese gypsum mine drowned Sunday after jumping into a well in an apparent suicide during rescue efforts for 17 workers still trapped two ...
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Boston Chipotle where 136 sickened with norovirus reopensDec 28, 2015 12:04 pm - BOSTON (AP) - A Chipotle restaurant near Boston College has reopened several weeks after 136 patrons fell ill with norovirus. City health inspectors had given the restau...
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