Business Stories from August 4, 2017 (Change date)
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Domestic demand powered German factory orders higher in JuneAug 04, 2017 2:31 am - BERLIN (AP) - Factory orders in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, climbed 1 percent in June compared with the previous month thanks to a strong rise in domestic demand....
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The US may not be the trade wimp Trump makes it out to beAug 04, 2017 5:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Is the United States the 98-pound weakling of global trade? President Donald Trump and his economic advisers think so. They point to 41 straight years ...
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Pipes collapse at Indiana Rolls-Royce plant; no injuriesAug 04, 2017 4:30 pm - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Authorities say no one was injured when a network of pipes collapsed outside a Rolls-Royce aircraft-engine assembly plant in Indianapolis. The collap...
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Air Force signs contract for 2 presidential aircraftAug 04, 2017 6:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force, which has been looking for ways to lower the cost of new Air Force One planes, agreed Friday to buy two jumbo jets from Boeing that were...
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Alberto Culver founder, horse breeder Lavin dies at 97Aug 08, 2017 8:21 am - RIVER FOREST - Leonard Lavin, who built a small beauty supply firm into the billion-dollar Alberto Culver company and owned a successful horse breeding, training and rac...
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Liberal group urges advertisers to boycott Fox's HannityAug 04, 2017 2:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A liberal advocacy group that targeted Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly for advertiser boycotts in the past now has its sights set on Fox News Channel's Sean...
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Grain mixed, livestock mixedAug 04, 2017 9:30 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mixed Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sept delivery was lower 0.60 cent at $4.57 a bushel; Sept corn w...
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Ackman seeks control of ADP and ouster of CEOAug 04, 2017 8:01 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Activist investor Bill Ackman has opened a fight for control of the payroll processing company ADP and the ouster of its chief executive officer. ADP sai...
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Profit at Buffett's Berkshire falls 15 percent as costs riseAug 04, 2017 5:31 pm - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Berkshire Hathaway, the conglomerate controlled by billionaire Warren Buffett, said Friday that its second-quarter profit fell 15 percent as costs ros...
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New Naperville co-working space targets women entrepreneursAug 09, 2017 8:28 am - Things are clicking at work for the founders of a new co-working space in downtown Naperville called Klique. Heather DeMonte, a storyteller and branding expert and Stac...
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