Business Stories from November 5, 2013 (Change date)
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Northbrook firm to manage disposition of Texas cabinet companyNov 05, 2013 9:36 am - Northbrook-based Hilco Industrial and Hilco Merchant Resources have been hired to manage the disposition of all assets including machinery, equipment and finished goods ...
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Zebra Technologies sees 4.6 percent 3Q sales increaseNov 05, 2013 9:36 am - Zebra Technologies Corp. of Lincolnshire said record sales in North America helped push third quarter 2013 sales up 4.6 percent over the same period last year. The maker...
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Itasca’s Gallagher acquires Florida agencyNov 05, 2013 9:36 am - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. in Itasca said it has acquired The Parks Johnson Agency of Lake City, Fla. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1975, The P...
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Rite Aid to carry Acura’s anti-meth conversion drugNov 05, 2013 9:36 am - Palatine-based Acura Pharmaceuticals announced that Nexafed pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, its next generation pseudoephedrine with abuse deterrent technology, will now ...
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Sage Products in Cary files lawsuit against SwipeSenseNov 05, 2013 9:36 am - Disposable health care product manufacturer Sage Products his suing Evanston-based SwipeSense, Inc., claiming the company’s hand hygiene products infringe on Sage patent...
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Obama’s simple promises vex complex health rolloutNov 05, 2013 6:17 pm - WASHINGTON — It sounded so simple. Too simple, it turns out. President Barack Obama’s early efforts to boil down an intricate health care law so Americans could understa...
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CVS Caremark 3Q profit rises 25 percentNov 06, 2013 6:59 am - WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark says its third-quarter net income climbed 25 percent in performance that beat Wall Street expectations. The drugstore operator and pharma...
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Twitter just one symptom of IPO fever’s returnNov 06, 2013 6:59 am - IPO fever is back. Five years after the financial crisis dampened enthusiasm for initial public offerings, investors are again eager to buy shares when companies start ...
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What is Google building out in San Francisco Bay?Nov 05, 2013 3:38 pm - San Francisco’s mayor says he doesn’t know what it is. Police say it’s not their jurisdiction. And government inspectors are sworn to secrecy. Google is erecting a four-...
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501,000 Illinoisans could get subsidized coverageNov 06, 2013 6:59 am - A new report estimates half a million Illinois residents are eligible for tax credits to lower the cost of health insurance if they buy it on the marketplace that’s part...