Business Stories from January 4, 2017 (Change date)
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Czech airline to buy 5 more Boeing 737 MAX jetsJan 06, 2017 7:54 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Czech airline Travel Service says it has signed a deal to buy five more new Boeing 737 MAX jets. Spokeswoman Vladimira Dufkova said Wednesday the contract ...
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Football carried NBC, ESPN to big wins in audience last weekJan 04, 2017 12:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Football drove TV viewership last week, carrying NBC and ESPN to hefty wins, Nielsen said Wednesday. NBC enjoyed its sixth straight weekly win, which mat...
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Arlington Heights may change how municipal code violations are handledJan 04, 2017 4:31 pm - Arlington Heights residents who face fines for having their property in disrepair and businesses that violate health codes may soon go through a new legal process to hav...
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Wauconda might require permits for horse-drawn bar crawlsJan 05, 2017 7:34 am - Plans for a pub crawl through Wauconda that would have taken revelers from bar to bar in a horse-drawn wagon have prompted village officials to consider drafting new reg...
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Lake Zurich residents oppose gas station on Hackney's propertyJan 05, 2017 7:33 am - Lake Zurich residents on Tuesday night shared their concerns about truck traffic and potential environmental harm from a gas station that's part of a preliminary plan to...
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Allstate reveals 5 years of losses at recently acquired unitJan 06, 2017 7:54 am - Northbrook-based Allstate Corp. said that the mobile-device insurer that it acquired for $1.4 billion had posted five years of losses before the deal. SquareTrade Holdin...
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Wauconda young professionals to meetJan 04, 2017 2:03 pm - The Wauconda Area Chamber of Commerce is forming a Young Professionals Group to bring ambitious sales professionals and business owners to a diverse network of peers and...
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Boeing grant helps Rolling Meadows school expand food programJan 04, 2017 2:55 pm - Kimball Hill School in Rolling Meadows recently received a $5,000 grant from the Boeing Company Employees Community Fund of Chicago to fund the expansion of its Blessing...
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Enesco names new chief financial officerJan 04, 2017 12:00 am - ITASCA - Enesco LLC has appointed Anthony G. Testolin as its chief financial officer. Most recently chief accounting officer and interim chief financial officer, Testoli...
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Caterpillar might end production in AuroraJan 05, 2017 2:23 pm - Heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar could move production out of its Aurora plant at a cost of 800 local jobs, the company announced Wednesday. Peoria-based Caterpillar ha...