Business Stories from January 28, 2013 (Change date)
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Billions in gas drilling royalties transform livesJan 29, 2013 6:29 am - PITTSBURGH — Private landowners are reaping billions of dollars in royalties each year from the boom in natural gas drilling, transforming lives and livelihoods even as ...
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Davos optimism downplays corruption, other risksJan 28, 2013 9:59 am - DAVOS, Switzerland — The political, business and academic elites at the World Economic Forum expressed renewed optimism at the global economy, with more liquidity, more ...
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Two Rolling Meadows shops celebrate openingsJan 29, 2013 9:44 am - A pair of Rolling Meadows businesses will celebrate grand openings Friday, Feb. 1, according to an announcement from the city of Rolling Meadows and its chamber of comme...
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Davos women diminished as male discussion skips key viewsJan 29, 2013 6:29 am - When it comes to advancing women to the highest levels of business and policy making, “We have to dare the difference and we have to speak about it,” International Monet...
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Motorola Solutions among most sustainable companiesJan 29, 2013 7:30 am - SCHAUMBURG — Motorola Solutions said Monday it has been named to the Global 100 list of the world's most sustainable corporations. It's ranked No. 59 on the Global 100 a...
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Caterpillar still investigating Chinese accounting discrepancyJan 28, 2013 7:44 am - Caterpillar Inc., the world’s largest maker of construction and mining equipment, said it’s still investigating the accounting discrepancy at a Chinese business that led...
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U.S. durable goods orders rise 4.6 pct. in DecemberJan 29, 2013 6:29 am - Orders for durable goods climbed more than forecast in December, showing U.S. manufacturing rebounded following a mid-year slump. Bookings for goods meant to last at lea...
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Nazi Goebbels' step-grandchildren hidden German billionairesJan 31, 2013 9:13 am - In the spring of 1945, Harald Quandt, a 23-year-old officer in the German Luftwaffe, was being held as a prisoner of war by Allied forces in the Libyan port city of Beng...
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Caterpillar 4Q earnings fall by halfJan 28, 2013 12:53 pm - Caterpillar's fourth-quarter net income fell by half after it took a big charge for a deal in China that went bad, and because of slower growth in China and economic unc...
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US stocks mixed after uneven economic signalsJan 28, 2013 3:08 pm - U.S. stocks meandered between small gains and losses Monday, cooling off after a rally that had pushed the Standard & Poor’s 500 index above 1,500 for the first time sin...