November 2008 - Rochester Business News & Events

Shanghai to break ground on new tallest building

SHANGHAI, China -- Construction projects are grinding to a halt as financing runs dry elsewhere in the world, but in China's biggest city, they're still going strong. On Saturday, Shanghai officially begins wor

Published Sat, Nov 29 2008 8:30 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

French locate black boxes after Airbus crash

PARIS -- Search teams on Friday found the flight recorders from an Airbus A320 passenger jet that crashed off France's southern coast, killing two people and leaving five others missing and feared dead, officials

Published Sat, Nov 29 2008 8:30 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

CDC links 401 illnesses to 2007 pot pie recall

OMAHA, Neb. -- Federal investigators raised to 401 the number of cases of salmonella linked to the Banquet pot pies recalled last year by ConAgra Foods Inc. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued its final rep

Published Sat, Nov 29 2008 8:25 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Shoppers cautious with gadget buys

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Consumer electronics have long been among the most popular holiday gifts, with fierce competition among shoppers for day-after-Thanksgiving deals on flat-screen TVs and laptop computers

Published Sat, Nov 29 2008 6:40 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Change in tax program could imperil farms

ALBANY, Minn. -- For years, a tax-break program named after a popular 1960s TV show portraying idyllic rural life has allowed Jim Gondringer to keep his 164-acre dairy farm from being swallowed up by urban development

Published Sat, Nov 29 2008 12:35 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Iowa cafe swamped with orders for 'Obama cookie'

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Ever since word got out of the president-elect and his family's fondness for the Baby Boomers Cafe's chocolate chunk cookies, the small downtown restaurant can't get them out of the oven fast enough.

Published Fri, Nov 28 2008 11:22 PM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Official says Postville meatpacking plant could reopen soon

POSTVILLE, Iowa -- A court-appointed receiver for Agriprocessors Inc. says the company's kosher meatpacking plant in Postville could reopen next week

Published Fri, Nov 28 2008 11:20 PM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Chafoulias' plan would remake downtown Rochester

Imagine Mayo Clinic patients and employees riding commuter trains from Saint Marys Hospital to downtown, or from downtown to north Rochester.

Published Fri, Nov 28 2008 9:45 PM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Stocks end short session Friday with 5th straight gain

NEW YORK -- Wall Street climbed again Friday, wrapping up its biggest five-day rally in more than 75 years, even as investors digested signs of a bleak holiday season for retailers.

Published Fri, Nov 28 2008 9:00 PM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Stocks end shortened session with moderate gains

NEW YORK -- Wall Street kept up a broad winning streak Friday, giving blue chip stocks their fifth straight advance as investors looked for clues about whether dire predictions for the holiday shopping season would prove accurate

Published Fri, Nov 28 2008 2:35 PM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Ill. firm thanks employees with giant bonuses

WAUKEGAN, Ill. -- Year-end bonuses are rare these days. But a family that founded a ball bearings manufacturer in suburban Chicago is giving eye-popping bonuses this year. A total of $6.6 million is being shared by just 230 employees

Published Fri, Nov 28 2008 2:35 PM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Black Friday traffic takes down Sears.com

SEATTLE -- Sears.com was inaccessible to U.S. shoppers for two hours on Friday in what was the most notable Web hiccup of the holiday gift-buying season's official start.

Published Fri, Nov 28 2008 2:35 PM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Wal-Mart worker dies after shoppers knock him down

NEW YORK -- A worker died after being trampled by a throng of unruly shoppers when a suburban Wal-Mart opened for the holiday sales rush Friday, authorities said.

Published Fri, Nov 28 2008 11:00 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

Lilly withdraws Cymbalta chronic pain application

INDIANAPOLIS -- Drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. withdrew an application to have its antidepressant Cymbalta approved as a treatment for chronic pain, but the company said today it will apply again in 2009. Eli Lilly had filed a supplem

Published Fri, Nov 28 2008 9:10 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

China's first homegrown jet makes trial flight

SHANGHAI, China -- China's first fully homegrown commercial aircraft, the ARJ-21, successfully made its maiden flight today, a key step in the country's ambitious aviation program. Authorities said earlier this month that they planne

Published Fri, Nov 28 2008 9:10 AM by Postbulletin.com Local Business

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Shanghai to break ground on new tallest building

French locate black boxes after Airbus crash

CDC links 401 illnesses to 2007 pot pie recall

Shoppers cautious with gadget buys

Change in tax program could imperil farms

Iowa cafe swamped with orders for 'Obama cookie'

Official says Postville meatpacking plant could reopen soon

Chafoulias' plan would remake downtown Rochester

Stocks end short session Friday with 5th straight gain

Stocks end shortened session with moderate gains

Ill. firm thanks employees with giant bonuses

Black Friday traffic takes down Sears.com

Wal-Mart worker dies after shoppers knock him down

Lilly withdraws Cymbalta chronic pain application

China's first homegrown jet makes trial flight