Business Stories from July 31, 2019 (Change date)
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Survey: Businesses added 156,000 jobs in JulyJul 31, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. companies added a healthy 156,000 jobs in July with larger firms accounted for most of the gains, a private survey found. Payroll processor ADP sa...
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Networks sue Locast, a service that streams TV for freeJul 31, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The country's biggest TV networks - ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox - have sued Locast, a streaming service that transmits their broadcasts for free, in federal co...
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Apple finds life after the iPhone (while still banking on the iPhone)Jul 31, 2019 1:00 am - Apple generated less than half of its total quarterly revenue from sales of the iPhone for the first time since 2012 - a sign the company is entering life beyond its fla...
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Study: Illinois improves slightly in manufacturing climateJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - Illinois improved from "B" to "B+" in its global position in manufacturing exports, according to the annual Manufacturing Scorecard study from Ball State University. The...
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Impossible Foods inks deal with OSI to expand productionJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - The Impossible Burger, so far only available at restaurants, could finally be making its way to U.S. grocery store shelves, giving chief rival Beyond Meat a new competit...
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Rockford airport among top 20 for cargo shipmentsJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - The Chicago Rockford International Airport is now among the top twenty cargo airports in the country. New data released by the Federal Aviation Administration puts Rockf...
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Federal Reserve cuts interest rate by quarter-point in effort to keep economy on trackJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve reduced the benchmark interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point to about 2.25 percent, a modest and widely expected move that is meant ...
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Fox Valley Containers to move HQJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - CRYSTAL LAKE - Brown Commercial Group represented Fox Valley Containers Inc. in moving its corporate headquarters to a 33,076-square-foot industrial space at 300 Exchang...
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Feder: How Barry Rozner got Peggy Kusinski to open upJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - If you didn't read Barry Rozner's column in the Daily Herald Tuesday, don't miss it, Robert Feder writes. His extraordinarily sensitive and insightful report on the rea...
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New law bars employers from asking about previous wagesJul 31, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed bills into law this week aimed at equalizing pay between men and women and expanding access to jobs in the health care industry f...