Business Stories from March 6, 2017 (Change date)
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Health care company loses Indiana contract, to lay off 700Mar 06, 2017 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A company that provided health care services at Indiana's prisons plans to lay off nearly 700 workers after losing its state contract. Brentwood, Ten...
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CSX reaches deal with hedge fund, hires new railroad CEOMar 06, 2017 6:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - CSX has a new CEO and a deal with the hedge fund pushing for changes at the railroad. Hunter Harrison, the executive who led Canadian Pacific's turnar...
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Scientists tweak seat cushion material to clean oil spillsMar 06, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Federal researchers have created a new tool to clean up oil spills by tinkering with the kind of foam found in seat cushions. The modified foam can soak ...
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Co-founder of digital publisher steps down as company chairMar 06, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A co-founder of the online book publisher Open Road Integrated Media is stepping down as chair and executive publisher. Jane Friedman will remain a compa...
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Diminutive drag racer produces enormously fun driveMar 06, 2017 5:00 am - Small things can leave a big impression, just like "No Big Thing." It's a tiny blue Vespa 400 that was turned into a serious drag machine in the 1970s. Mark Cryer freque...
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HST president to receive STEP awardMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - ELK GROVE VILLAGE - The Manufacturing Institute award Kathryn Miller, president of HST Materials Inc., with the Women in Manufacturing STEP (Science, Technology, Enginee...
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Start your own networking group to boost resultsMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - Networking just hasn't worked for you, possibly because your networking skills need work or, equally possible, because you're networking with the wrong people. You might...
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Survey: Unequal pay, gender bias obstacles for women in technologyMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - ROLLING MEADOWS - Wage inequality compared to male colleagues, workplace gender bias and a shortage of female role models are among the main barriers faced by women work...
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Chick-fil-A to open new suburban location this weekMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - Chick-fil-A is opening its newest restaurant in Skokie near Old Orchard Mall Thursday. Franchise owner Michael Kim is launching the area's 25th chicken sandwich rest...
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Delany has giraffe's vision to help businesses with their strategyMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - If some job changes had not taken place, John Delany of Inverness would never have started Giraffe Strategy Consulting for Business, a Barrington consulting firm. He wa...