Business Stories from December 14, 2017 (Change date)
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Online training software company plans Indianapolis growthDec 14, 2017 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Officials say online training software company Lessonly plans to expand its headquarters in Indianapolis and more than double its workforce. Gov. Eri...
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Scott M. Mills to become new BET presidentDec 14, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Black Entertainment Television will soon have a new president. BET Networks announced Thursday that Scott M. Mills will take over as president, effective...
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Will US companies put overseas cash to work? Don't bet on itDec 14, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican tax plan seems about to hand a bow-tied holiday gift to some of America's richest multinational companies, from Apple and Microsoft to G...
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Business survivors: AP revisits owners from recession yearsDec 14, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - They are business survivors - owners whose small companies withstood the Great Recession that forced thousands of others out of business. Along the way, ...
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More than 200 people sickened onboard Ovation of Seas cruiseDec 14, 2017 6:00 am - More than 200 people became sick and five were hospitalized in Australia after an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness aboard a cruise ship earlier this month. Symptoms ...
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Decade since recession: Thriving cities leave others behindDec 14, 2017 6:00 am - As the nation's economy was still reeling from the body blow of the Great Recession, Seattle's was about to take off. In 2010, Amazon opened a headquarters in the little...
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Sears teams up with Amazon to sell DieHard brandDec 14, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ailing Sears Holdings Corp. has started to sell DieHard-branded battery-related accessories like jump starters and battery chargers on Amazon.com. It mar...
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Assurance's Chimino nets "Hot 100" honorDec 14, 2017 12:00 am - Anthony Chimino of Schaumburg-based Assurance Agency Ltd. has been included in the 2018 Insurance Business America Hot 100 list, recognizing men and women who are changi...
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Feder: Todd Manley named WGN Radio station managerDec 14, 2017 12:00 am - A 14-month vacancy at the top of WGN AM 720 has been filled from within at the Tribune Broadcasting news/talk station. Todd Manley, vice president of content and program...
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Palatine council again rejects plan for animal hospitalDec 14, 2017 12:00 am - Palatine officials for the second time since October have rejected an animal hospital proposed for a shopping center at Quentin Road and Northwest Highway. Dr. Mandeep S...