Business Stories from September 17, 2021 (Change date)
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Illegal marijuana farms take West's water in 'blatant theft'Sep 17, 2021 1:30 pm - LA PINE, Ore. (AP) - Jack Dwyer pursued a dream of getting back to the land by moving in 1972 to an idyllic, tree-studded parcel in Oregon with a creek running through i...
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UN: Climate pledges put world on 'catastrophic pathway'Sep 17, 2021 11:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The world is on a 'œcatastrophic pathway'ť toward a hotter future unless governments make more ambitious pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the head ...
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Grains lower, livestock mixedSep 17, 2021 3:00 pm - Wheat for Dec.was fell 4.25 cents at $7.0875 a bushel; Dec. corn was off 2.25 cents at 5.2725 a bushel, Dec. oats lost 8.75 cents at $5.5150 a bushel; while Nov. soybean...
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Union Pacific CEO sees strong economy coming out of pandemicSep 20, 2021 2:42 pm - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - As Union Pacific's CEO, Lance Fritz has had to find ways to keep the freight moving during the coronavirus pandemic as the economy nearly ground to a ...
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Protagonist, Schlumberger fall; Invesco, Thermo Fisher riseSep 17, 2021 3:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Invesco Ltd., up $1.36 to $26.25. The investment management company is reportedly in ...
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Man sentenced to 12 years in $200 million phone-fraud schemeSep 17, 2021 3:30 pm - SEATTLE (AP) - A Pakistan resident has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a conspiracy to 'œunlock'ť phones from AT&T's network, a scheme the company says cost it ...
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France's Macron unveils model of new, green high-speed trainSep 17, 2021 9:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday unveiled a mock-up of the next generation of greener super high-speed trains, known in France as TGVs - four deca...
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After one-year hiatus, Palatine Business and Community Expo to returnSep 21, 2021 6:59 am - The Business and Community Expo in Palatine will be back this month, instead of November as usual, to take advantage of the weather and offer, for the first time, outdoo...
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Lombard food co-op to launch second round of fundraisingSep 21, 2021 8:31 am - A group hoping to open a community-owned grocery store in downtown Lombard is facing a fast-approaching deadline to raise $2.2 million. Lombard-based Prairie Food Co-op ...
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FDA panel backs COVID-19 boosters only for Americans 65+ and others at high riskSep 22, 2021 10:41 am - WASHINGTON - Dealing the White House a stinging setback, a government advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to give Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots across t...