Business Stories from July 11, 2019 (Change date)
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Duke Energy to build solar power plant near PurdueJul 11, 2019 7:00 am - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Duke Energy says it will build a 1.6-megawatt solar power plant in the Discovery Park District near Purdue University's main campus in West L...
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Grains mostly higher, livestock mixed.Jul 11, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were mostly higher Thursday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery rose 4.20 cents at $5.1420 a bushel; Jul...
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Boeing changes executive in charge of the 737 Max factoryJul 11, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The executive who manages the Boeing 737 Max program and the Seattle-area factory where the now-grounded plane is built is retiring. The manager, Eric Lin...
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Expo provides taste of Southwestern hospitalityJul 11, 2019 1:00 am - Mother Nature might have dialed back the heat a bit Thursday, but local restaurants, caterers, hotels and other businesses turned things up a notch at the Annual Hospita...
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Feder: WFMT drops noon news for 'Music in Chicago'Jul 11, 2019 1:00 am - Without fanfare, WFMT 98.7-FM canceled its long-running noon newscast earlier this month, replacing it with "Music in Chicago" on the Window to the World Communications ...
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Hub Group breaks ground on second HQ buildingJul 11, 2019 1:00 am - OAK BROOK - Multimodal transportation services company Hub Group recently broke ground on a second building on its Oak Brook headquarters campus in an expansion to meet ...
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New Schaumburg pizzeria to get outdoor patioJul 11, 2019 1:00 am - A year after the opening of Napoli Per Tutti restaurant at 181 N. Barrington Road in Schaumburg, its owners have received approval for an outdoor seating patio for up to...
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Aurora starts innovation district for tech businesses; outside firm may invest up to $300 million in city's "smart city" effortJul 11, 2019 1:00 am - Aurora is going to become an innovation district, 605 Innovation, where it hopes business entrepreneurs will come to work, play and live. And it is about to sign a nonbi...
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Unemployment checks going out two days lateJul 11, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Employment Security's unemployment claim system was back online Thursday after a more than two-day outage rendered the system un...
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Toddler's parents battle for coverage of $2.1M gene therapyJul 11, 2019 1:00 am - MCLEAN, Va. - When a $2.1 million gene therapy offering the chance of a cure for her daughter's rare disease won government approval in May, Lauren Sullivan was struck b...