Business Stories from January 24, 2017 (Change date)
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Grain lower, livestock higherJan 24, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery was 2.20 cents lower at $4.31 a bushel; March co...
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Sales and profit rise for Dutch electronics giant PhilipsJan 24, 2017 6:00 am - AMSTERDAM (AP) - Dutch electronics giant Philips says its fourth quarter sales rose 3 percent to 7.2 billion euros ($7.7 billion) from the same period a year ago, driven...
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Both NFL conference championships reach more than 45 millionJan 24, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Lopsided contests to determine Super Bowl participants didn't prevent each of the NFL conference championship games from reaching more than 45 million te...
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How a Trump tariff could sideswipe US auto industryJan 24, 2017 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - The threat from President Donald Trump to tax Mexican-made cars sold in the U.S. would throw the auto industry into disarray, analysts say, forcing some u...
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Toyota set to announce project at southwestern Indiana plantJan 24, 2017 6:00 am - PRINCETON, Ind. (AP) - Toyota executives are expected to announce a project at the company's southwestern Indiana factory that now has about 5,000 workers. Indiana Gov. ...
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Former Rolling Meadows Dominick's to be razed this weekJan 24, 2017 4:31 am - Demolition is expected to begin this week on the former Dominick's building in Rolling Meadows in hopes of spurring redevelopment offers on the long-vacant, 11-acre site...
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Great Lakes gets $88 million Gulf Coast restoration projectJan 24, 2017 12:00 am - OAK BROOK - Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. has received an $88 million award for Phase I of the Mississippi Coastal Improvements Program Comprehensive Barrier Island Re...
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Elgin hospital outpatient surgery gets state board OKJan 24, 2017 12:00 am - An estimated $12.7 million plan by Advocate Sherman Hospital to build a same-day ambulatory surgery center on its Elgin campus Tuesday received a state health board's OK...
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'Bigger and brighter' Whole Foods opens in WheatonJan 24, 2017 12:00 am - Bigger and brighter is what Whole Food shoppers can expect when they walk through the company's new Wheaton store Wednesday morning. The 55,000-square-foot store, locate...
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Walgreens-Rite Aid deal clock runs down with no extension setJan 24, 2017 12:00 am - The companies had agreed to close the planned $9.4 billion merger, which would create the largest drugstore chain in the U.S. by number of stores, by Friday. But the dea...