Business Stories from August 2, 2013 (Change date)
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Senate plan drops Saturday mail deliveryAug 03, 2013 9:14 am - WASHINGTON — Saturday mail delivery would be ended in a year and the Postal Service could start shipping alcoholic beverages under a plan offered Friday by two key senat...
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New Zealand finds botulism signs in milk productsAug 02, 2013 5:10 pm - Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra announced Saturday that tests of some ingredients used in infant formula and sports drinks ha...
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Tepid jobs news barely dents stock market advanceAug 03, 2013 9:14 am - NEW YORK — A tepid jobs report Friday barely dented a summer rally on the stock market. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index ended the week 1 percent higher after breaking t...
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Bay Area commuters brace for another BART strikeAug 03, 2013 9:14 am - OAKLAND, Calif. — More ferries and buses will be deployed to get commuters across San Francisco Bay. Carpool lanes will be open all day, not just for rush hour. And gift...
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North Carolina challenges Alcoa’s property rightsAug 02, 2013 4:48 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina officials filed a lawsuit Friday in a long-running fight with Alcoa Inc. over who will control the water and electric power that comes fro...
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Dell CEO ups ante in buyout battle for PC makerAug 03, 2013 9:14 am - ROUND ROCK, Texas — Just when it looked as if he might be vanquished, Dell CEO Michael Dell has regained the advantage in a lengthy battle to buy the slumping personal c...
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Glenview’s Illinois Tool Works plans stock buy backAug 03, 2013 9:14 am - Glenview-based Illinois Tool Works Inc. said Friday that it plans to buy back up to $6 billion shares of the company’s stock and will increase its dividend by 10.5 perce...
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Silver dollar dated 1804 on sale in Rosemont for millionsAug 04, 2013 4:56 pm - Known by collectors as “The King of Coins,” an 1804-dated U.S. silver dollar specially made on behalf of President Andrew Jackson and still in mint condition, is expecte...
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Dist. 220 students to get laptops, free InternetAug 03, 2013 3:17 pm - Barrington Unit District 220’s mission is to prepare its students for the future — and it doesn’t want any of their families’ present-day financial difficulties to stand...
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Streamwood approves removal of up to 500 ash treesAug 03, 2013 9:14 am - A maximum of 500 ash trees will be removed in Streamwood by the end of this year. Village manager Gary O’Rourke said the village board at its meeting Thursday night appr...
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