Business Stories from October 24, 2017 (Change date)
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Purdue prof's company to adapt Blu-ray for cancer detectionOct 24, 2017 7:00 pm - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A company founded by a Purdue University scientist has landed nearly $200,000 in government funding to adapt Blu-ray technology into a device...
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Viewership down for 'Walking Dead' debutOct 24, 2017 4:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - "The Walking Dead" aired its 100th episode for its eighth season premiere the other night, although it wasn't necessarily cause for celebration at AMC. T...
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GM, other US industrial giants, hit all-time highsOct 25, 2017 10:53 am - DETROIT (AP) - Shares of General Motors hit an all-time high Tuesday as investors focused on a $2.5 billion third-quarter pretax profit and ignored a big accounting loss...
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Power grid operator protests Trump plan to aid coal, nuclearOct 24, 2017 4:30 pm - HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The nation's biggest electric grid operator said a Trump administration plan to change the way electricity is priced to reward coal and nuclear po...
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Grains lower, livestock mixedOct 24, 2017 9:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. delivery was down 2.60 cents at $4.34 a bushel; Dec corn d...
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Lilly tops Street 3Q forecasts, considers business saleOct 24, 2017 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Eli Lilly is weighing the sale of an animal health business that the drugmaker once touted as key in helping it overcome the loss of patent protectio...
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Genevans to vote on sales tax increase, with specter of dining taxOct 25, 2017 11:03 am - If Geneva residents don't agree to raise the city's sales tax in a March 20 referendum, patrons at Geneva restaurants could start paying a 2 percent places-for-eating ta...
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Barrington gives facade grant to Showtime EateryOct 25, 2017 9:59 am - Barrington trustees have agreed to provide a grant to help boost the appearance of a new restaurant that replaced Boloney's Sandwich Shop adjacent to the downtown Catlow...
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Grainger, CLC partner to grow new programOct 26, 2017 7:44 am - Pamela P. Janson is working with students and the business community to grow a new supply chain management program at the College of Lake County. Janson, a supply chain...
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Sears-Whirlpool end relationship after 100 yearsOct 25, 2017 11:03 am - NEW YORK - Sears will no longer sell Whirlpool-branded appliances, curtailing a business relationship that dates back more than 100 years. In a note sent to its stores l...