Wal-Mart, already Canada’s biggest retailer, wasted little time in cementing that title after its rival, Target, retreated back to the U.S. with some haste.

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Wal-Mart, already Canada’s biggest retailer, wasted little time in cementing that title after its rival, Target, retreated back to the U.S.

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Commercial real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle plans to add 115 jobs in Pittsburgh and to make its planned downtown location a national operations hub for the Chicago-based firm.

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Duke Energy’s chief executive officer says she’s taken steps over the last year to address pollution problems at the company’s coal ash pits.

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Nuclear reactor builder Areva wants to trim thousands of jobs after billions of euros of financial losses, as France tries to restructure its powerful but struggling nuclear energy industry.

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Jesse Jackson renewed his call Wednesday for the technology industry to make workforce diversity as high a priority as product innovation.

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Slightly more Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but the modest increase pulled the total number of people collecting jobless aid to near 15-year lows.

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing a plan to get a minimum wage hike that doesn’t require legislative approval.

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Lori Greiner, entrepreneur on QVC and investor on ABC’s “Shark Tank” AGE: 45 HOMETOWN: Chicago LIVES IN: Chicago and Los Angeles FAMILY: Married to Dan Greiner EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in communication from Loyola University Chicago CAREER: Self-employed inventor of consumer products and home furnishings FIRST APPEARANCE ON QVC: 1998 FIRST APPEARANCE ON SHARK TANK: 2012 COMPANIES INVESTED IN: CordaRoy’s bean bag chairs, Scrub Daddy sponges, Stella Valle jewelry, Hold Your Haunches shapewear, Bantam bagels TIPS FOR SELLING ON QVC: Know the top three selling features of your product, be confident and practice your sales pitch

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Take a product on a home shopping channel and sell out in a matter of minutes — it’s the dream of many entrepreneurs.

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