Business Stories from December 29, 2017 (Change date)
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Unemployment rate drops in all metro areas for sixth consecutive monthDec 29, 2017 12:00 pm - Unemployment rates decreased over-the-year in November in all of Illinois's metropolitan areas, according to preliminary data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor ...
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The year's box office drops, but still third highest gross in historyDec 29, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - After two consecutive record-breaking years at the domestic box office, 2017 was the year the momentum slowed - even with the late adrenaline boost of a ne...
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The Latest: Experts try to save Georgia O'Keeffe paintingsDec 29, 2017 6:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The Latest on an effort to keep some Georgia O'Keeffe paintings from fading. (all times local): 11:28 a.m. Chemical reactions are threatening to di...
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Grains lower, livestock higherDec 29, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Friday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery was off 2.20 cents at $4.2440 a bushel; March cor...
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IAG to acquire much of bankrupt Air Berlin's Niki divisionDec 29, 2017 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - International Airlines Group, the parent of British Airways and Iberia, says it's acquiring much of bankrupt Air Berlin's Niki division. German news agency...
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The Latest: North Carolina eases heating fuel delivery rulesDec 29, 2017 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The Latest on the bitter cold sweeping much of the country (all times local): 8:10 p.m. North Carolina's governor has signed an emergency declarat...
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Some countries reverse free expression, seeing it as threatDec 29, 2017 6:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Two Turkish journalists face possible life sentences on charges they sent "subliminal messages" on television encouraging a government coup. In Hun...
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New technology aims to slow damage to Georgia O'Keeffe worksDec 29, 2017 6:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Chemical reactions are gradually darkening many of Georgia O'Keeffe's famously vibrant paintings, and art conservation experts are hoping new digit...
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Meet suburban authors at Vernon Hills library fairDec 29, 2017 4:30 am - More than a dozen Lake County writers will chat with fans - and hopefully make new ones - at the Cook Memorial Public Library District's Local Author Fair. The third ann...
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East Dundee fights to maintain home-rule statusDec 29, 2017 4:30 am - East Dundee is fighting to maintain its home-rule status in response to a state legislator's efforts to eliminate it. State Rep. Allen Skillicorn, a former village trust...
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