Business Stories from January 7, 2013 (Change date)
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Stocks slip, pulling S&P 500 below its 5-year highJan 08, 2013 5:42 am - NEW YORK — Investors started the week on a cautious note, pulling the Standard & Poor’s 500 index down from the five-year high it reached Friday. The move lower on Monda...
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Report: Iran oil revenues down 45 percentJan 07, 2013 12:47 pm - TEHRAN, Iran — A senior lawmaker says Iran’s revenues from oil and gas exports have dropped by 45 percent because of sanctions over its suspect nuclear program. It was a...
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Plan for immigrant driver’s licenses advancesJan 08, 2013 9:44 am - SPRINGFIELD — A proposal to issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants received House committee approval Monday, despite concerns by both Democrats and Republicans wh...
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U.S. spent $18 billion on immigration enforcementJan 07, 2013 5:07 pm - WASHINGTON — The Obama administration spent more money on immigration enforcement in the last fiscal year than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined, accor...
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Spanish medical workers protest health privatizationJan 07, 2013 4:19 pm - MADRID — Thousands of Spanish medical workers and residents are marching through downtown Madrid to protest against government budget cuts and plans to partly privatize ...
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Bank of America in $10B-plus mortgage settlementJan 08, 2013 5:42 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C — Ten major banks agreed Monday to pay $8.5 billion to settle federal complaints that they wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners who should have been allowe...
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Furor over French move to block online adsJan 07, 2013 12:45 pm - PARIS — France’s government says it has persuaded a leading Internet provider to stop blocking online advertisements — a controversial move that would have hit online se...
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Oil falls as uncertainty hits energy marketsJan 07, 2013 3:34 pm - BANGKOK — Oil prices fell Monday following uncertainty about future action from the U.S. Federal Reserve and data showing the U.S. unemployment rate unchanged. Benchmark...
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White House, GOP draw red lines in debt debateJan 07, 2013 12:08 pm - WASHINGTON — Struggling for the upper hand in the next round of debt talks, Republicans and Democrats this weekend drew lines in the sand they said they’d never cross wh...
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Lake Zurich design firm works with residential, commercial clientsJan 07, 2013 5:00 am - An interview with Mollee Johnson, owner of Style 1519 Interior Design in Lake Zurich. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: Style 1519 is a full service interi...