Business Stories from February 16, 2021 (Change date)
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Grains higher and livestock mixed.Feb 16, 2021 2:00 pm - Wheat for Mar.advanced 20.75 cents at 6.5750 a bushel; Mar. corn gained 13.50 cents at 5.5225 a bushel, Mar. oats was up 2.50 cents at $3.5325 a bushel; while Mar. soybe...
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Black franchise owner sues McDonald's, cites persistent biasFeb 18, 2021 7:48 am - CLEVELAND (AP) - The Black owner of 14 McDonald's franchises says the company has shown more favorable treatment to white owners and denied him the opportunity to buy re...
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Asian shares slip on profit-taking, hopes grow for recoveryFeb 16, 2021 9:30 pm - TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares were lower Wednesday as investors sold to lock in profits from the recent rally driven by hopes economies will gradually return to a pre-pandem...
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Muted Mardi Gras: Closed bars, barricaded Bourbon StreetFeb 16, 2021 7:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Music blared from the courtyard of a French Quarter restaurant on Mardi Gras morning but nobody was there to hear it until Tom Gibson and Sheila Wheel...
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Palantir, CoStar Group fall; AutoNation, BorgWarner riseFeb 16, 2021 2:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: CoStar Group Inc., down $39.39 to $900.37. The real estate data company made a compe...
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Tribune agrees to purchase by hedge fund for $630 millionFeb 17, 2021 12:30 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The newspaper publisher Tribune has agreed to be sold to Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund known for cutting costs and eliminating newsroom jobs, in a de...
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A new restaurant on the river, coming soon to St. CharlesFeb 19, 2021 5:18 am - From its riverfront location to its acclaimed chef, the new restaurant opening this spring in downtown St. Charles is anything but ordinary. The Graceful Ordinary is the...
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Bigby's bar closes after seven years in Rolling MeadowsFeb 19, 2021 5:18 am - Bigby's Pour House, a craft beer bar known for its rotating selection of brews, has permanently closed its location in Rolling Meadows. Owners made the announcement in a...
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Crucial time for policymakers to support entrepreneursFeb 17, 2021 1:49 pm - Perhaps you had a lemonade stand when you were young. For many entrepreneurs, a lemonade stand was their first entrepreneurial venture. This pandemic has cost Illinoisa...
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Wood Dale set to acquire former bank for possible redevelopmentFeb 22, 2021 7:42 am - Wood Dale is set to acquire a former bank property with plans to sell it and three neighboring parcels to a buyer willing to redevelop the land. City officials will spen...