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The $37.85 billion-dollar question

As newspapers hunt for new revenues, what exactly would they be selling to their customers if they started charging for their online information? Or if I had an article in my pocket about a subject of my choosing, written in … Continue reading

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Article for Medill: NovaMed’s modest profits

NovaMed Eyecare Inc., an owner and developer of outpatient surgery centers, posted modest earnings for the fourth quarter, an improvement from a year-earlier loss that was due in part to the introduction of new cosmetic and pain-management surgical procedures. NovaMed … Continue reading

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Article for Medill: Nicor Gas’s earnings take a hit

Nicor Inc., parent company of natural gas utility Nicor Gas, reported a 10.7 percent drop in fourth quarter earnings from the same year-ago period under the pressure of increased operating costs and sub-par results from the gas distribution portion of … Continue reading

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Article for Medill: NiSource Inc. gets slammed

A colder than usual year and sinking interest expense helped NiSource Inc.’s earnings leap ahead for the quarter ended Dec. 31, but earnings for all of 2003 dropped a whopping 77 percent from the previous year’s earnings due mostly to … Continue reading

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