Business Stories from March 6, 2014 (Change date)
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Corps spending $25 million on Great Lakes projectsMar 06, 2014 8:55 pm - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will spend $25 million on navigation projects in the Great Lakes, including dredging of harbors choked with silt...
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Energy efficiency programs benefit business, utilitiesMar 07, 2014 7:18 am - In the grand scheme of things, energy efficiency likely is not a high priority for the owner of the average small- to medium-sized business who's busy with so many other...
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Staples to shutter 225 stores as sales move onlineMar 07, 2014 7:23 am - Staples has become the second major chain to announce the mass closing of stores this week, providing the latest evidence of how the retail landscape is being remade by ...
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Encouraging report on U.S. jobs lifts stock marketMar 06, 2014 3:40 pm - NEW YORK - Investors were looking for any reason to look past the cold weather that has hampered the U.S. economy in the last few weeks, and they found it. Stocks mostly...
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Stock and housing gains put U.S. net worth at recordMar 07, 2014 7:18 am - WASHINGTON - A surging stock market and rebounding home prices boosted Americans' wealth to a record in the final three months of last year, though both trends have slow...
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Moline-bound American jet in Texas makes emergency landingMar 07, 2014 7:23 am - GREENVILLE, Texas - An American Eagle jet flying from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Illinois has made a safe emergency landing at a small North Texas airpor...
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Mundelein Mayor Steve Lentz launches math contestMar 07, 2014 10:32 am - When he was elected Mundelein's mayor last April, one of Steve Lentz's goals was to bring the community together in new ways. Sure, Mundelein has outdoor concerts in the...
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Jewel buys five more Dominick's storesMar 07, 2014 7:18 am - Five additional former Dominick's Finer Foods stores, including two in the Northwest suburbs, will reopen as Jewel-Osco supermarkets under a deal inked Thursday, company...
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New app offers consumer protection for devicesMar 07, 2014 7:18 am - Bob Hanson of Cary wants to make sure consumers have enterprise-quality protection on their devices. That means, get a free download of ViaProtect, an app that offers te...
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Illinois lawmaker pushes for gaming “exclusion” listMar 07, 2014 7:18 am - Lawmakers are moving forward with creating an exclusion list of people the Illinois Gaming Board deems shouldn't be involved with video gambling. The measure is sponsore...