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REFILE-COLUMN-How to manipulate oil price assessments: Campbell
ReutersBy Robert Campbell NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - The vulnerability of physical crude price assessments to manipulation is an open secret within the oil industry. The surprise, perhaps, is that it took regulators so long to open a formal probe....Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Petroleum Industry, BP Plc, Business, Commodity Markets
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Online sales tax a fair policy
The online sales tax debate has fall from the top of news reports. As both a customer and a former small business owner, I have a valid perspective. Buying and selling online was always a lucrative deal because it saved both parties money. That made...Tags: Small Businesses, Business, E-Commerce Industry
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State's renewable energy fund lacks power to fulfill purpose
Five years ago, Illinois passed legislation requiring electric suppliers to buy more renewable energy such as wind and solar power and then pass those costs on to customers. The intent of the mandate was to have so-called green electricity accounting for...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Illinois Governor, Credit and Debt
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Sweat-free labels to change the garment trade [Blowback]
In a May 7 Op-Ed article, Richard Greenwald and Michael Hirsch exhort consumers to support the workers who make our clothes rather than the global apparel industry that exploits them with low wages and unsafe working conditions. Yet exactly how we...
Tags: Child Labor, Labor Legislation, Genetic Engineering, George Washington, Human Rights
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Bethel Officials, Businesses Weigh Impact of Tobacco Tax
Channel 2 NewsBethel officials and local businesses are trying to assess the effect of a new $2.21-a-pack tax on cigarettes passed in December and in effect since March 1, rapidly adding money to city coffers. According to the Associated Press, city officials say the...Tags: Business, Tobacco Products
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Summer events 2013
This is is not all-inclusive June 1-2 Bolingbrook Cavalcade of Planes 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Visit Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport for the annual festival of aircrafts. Enjoy a close look at historic planes and helicopters on the ground and...
Tags: Morton Arboretum, Flag Day (United States), Restaurant and Catering Industry, Concerts, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
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A/C thefts have day care scrambling to keep kids cool
A South Florida day care center still is coping with shielding children from the heat after metal thieves heavily damaged its air conditioners. "This is the only room that has air-conditioning," said Johnny Williams, the day care's maintenance man said,...
Tags: Theft, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach County, Criminals, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)
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For Japan lenders, Abenomics' pain comes first, gain later
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top three banks forecast weaker annual earnings as aggressive monetary easing squeezes them out of a profitable government bond trade and forces them to rely more on bread-and-butter lending where margins remain razor-thin....Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Business, Money and Monetary Policy, Deutsche Bank AG
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Hedge fund billionaire Loeb says Sony reminds him of Yahoo
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb says Sony Corp reminds him of Yahoo Inc before he waged a bitter proxy fight that triggered a boardroom shake-out at the Internet company last year. Loeb's Third Point hedge fund has built up a...Tags: Economic Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, South Korea, PlayStation, Spin out
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Survey: Businesses prefer regional buy-local campaign
TidewaterBizThe Retail Alliance is moving forward with the development of a buy-local campaign after most of the businesses it surveyed wanted to move forward on the project. Of the 50 businesses surveyed, 74 percent wanted to continue developing a campaign and...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Business, Small Business Saturday, Politics, Elections
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Young retail entrepreneurs at Hall & Madden go straight to the source for apparel
As Richard Hall and McGregor Madden traveled the country fitting clients with their high-end, custom-made suits, they noticed something strange — professional men yearning to look stylish nevertheless sported dress shirts with stains. Their young,...
Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Business, Groupon, Inc., Consumer Goods Industries, Startups
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Business profile: Overstock Furniture Sales Inc.
Name: Jim Fisher (with partner Marty Goodman) Age: 53 Hometown: Western suburbs Business: Overstock Furniture Sales Inc., 636 Deerfield Rd., Deerfield Describe what you do/sell/serve: We specialize in high quality home furnishings at tremendous...
Tags: Business, Furnishings and Furniture Industry
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