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Boeing Co.'s corporate headquarters building in Seattle is shown Wednesday, March 21, 2001. Boeing Co. stunned its hometown Wednesday by announcing it is moving its headquarters out of Seattle, where the aircraft manufacturing giant was founded 85 years ago. Boeing is considering Chicago, Denver and Dallas-Fort Worth, said Chairman and Chief Executive Phil Con
(photo: AP / Ralph Radford)
Boeing's Earnings Down on Fewer Plane Deliveries
The New York Times
| CHICAGO (Reuters) — The Boeing Company reported a higher-than-expected quarterly net profit on Wednesday, but the results were down from a year earlier because the company delivered fewer airplanes. Add to Portfolio | Boeing Co | Go to your Portfolio » | Boeing said its second-quarter n...
President Barack Obama walks through the columns of the West Wing colonnade of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 11, 2010, to deliver a statement on his small business jobs initiatives.
(photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
Ahead of elections, Obama ramps up his fundraising
The Boston Globe
| WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama is stepping up his fundraising efforts as the midterm elections draw closer and Democrats need money to battle a Republican Party energized in part by voter concern over government spending and regulations. | Obama was to speak Wednesday at a sandwich shop in Edis...
Wheat prices end July with huge monthly gain
The State
| NEW YORK - Wheat prices are rising in July by the biggest amount in more than a half century as severe drought conditions in Russia and other former Soviet republics destroyed grain crops. | If the gains continue, U.S. shoppers could see a bump up ...
Wheat prices end July with huge monthly gain
Seattle Times
NEW YORK - | Wheat prices are rising in July by the biggest amount in more than a half century as severe drought conditions in Russia and other former Soviet republics destroyed grain crops. | If the gains continue, U.S. shoppers could see a bump up ...
Caterpillar picks Winston-Salem for 500-job, $426M plant
Business Journal
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Wheat Prices End July With Huge Monthly Gain
The New York Times
| Filed at 4:01 p.m. ET | NEW YORK (AP) -- Wheat prices are rising in July by the biggest amount in more than a half century as severe drought conditions in Russia and other former Soviet republics destroyed grain crops. | If the gains continue, U.S....
Former media mogul Conrad Black leaves the federal courthouse with his wife Barbara Amiel Friday, July 23, 2010 in Chicago.
AP / Charles Rex Arbogast
Conrad Black is free, but financial affairs still haunt him
The Independent
| Conrad Black, the disgraced media mogul, has been told he cannot return to his native Canada to await a new verdict on the fraud charges he faces, because he hasn't provided enou...
Country music singer Tim McGraw poses with a Sailor before performing a five-song musical tribute dedicated to the nation's military.
US Navy / U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gary Granger Jr./Released
McGraw Hill says textbook sales hit by state cuts
Hartford Courant
(Reuters) - Co.s said on Friday that school textbook sales had declined in the second quarter because of spending cuts by state governments, including and , illustrating the strain...
McDonald's - Fastfood
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McDonald's 2Q profit jumps 12 pct on rising sales
Herald Tribune
| CHICAGO - Net income climbed 12 percent at McDonald's Corp. in the second quarter as customers around the globe gobbled up its cheap food and U.S. customers responded to its prof...
Illinois governor signs wage theft bill which penalizes employers who shortchange workers
KDVR
CHICAGO (AP) — Employers who shortchange or don't pay their employees will face stiffer penalties and workers will have more rights under a bill Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law Friday, which experts say makes Illinois' wage theft laws among the ...
Illinois governor signs wage theft bill which penalizes employers who shortchange workers
Hartford Courant
(AP) — Employers who shortchange or don't pay their employees will face stiffer penalties and workers will have more rights under a bill signed into law Friday, which experts say makes ' wage theft laws among the strongest in the country. | Sta...
Illinois governor signs wage theft bill which penalizes employers who shortchange workers
Star Tribune
| CHICAGO - Employers who shortchange or don't pay their employees will face stiffer penalties and workers will have more rights under a bill Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law Friday, which experts say makes Illinois' wage theft laws among the strongest...
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President Barack Obama walks through the columns of the West Wing colonnade of the White House in Washington, Friday, June 11, 2010, to deliver a statement on his small business jobs initiatives.
(photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
Ahead of elections, Obama ramps up his fundraising
The Boston Globe
| WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama is stepping up his fundraising efforts as the midterm elections draw closer and Democrats need money to battle a Republican Party energized in part by voter concern over government spending and regulations. | Obama was to speak Wednesday at a sandwich shop in Edison, N.J., to tout a lending initiative aimed at sm...



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