Business Stories from August 23, 2011 (Change date)
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Need for more home aides may challenge long-term care for seniorsAug 23, 2011 11:00 pm - The National Center for Health Statistics estimates that those receiving long-term care will rise from 14 million to 27 million by 2050. Since most seniors in long-te...
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History of Randhurst: a timelineAug 23, 2011 5:00 am - 1958: Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. buys the Burmeister Farm, at Rand and Elmhurst roads in Mount Prospect. 1959: The Fair Store and Wieboldt's join Carson's ...
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Adidas launches barefoot shoeAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Adidas is going barefoot. The world’s second-largest athletic company unveiled its first “barefoot” training shoe Tuesday, which is des...
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Gold continues to be a good bet in tumultuous marketAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - BOSTON — Gold is approaching a new milestone in its role as an investment and haven, with the leading exchange-traded fund that tracks bullion closing in on its equities...
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Illinois GOP to hold convention in Tinley ParkAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - The Illinois GOP's 2012 state convention will be held in of Tinley Park. Republican officials say the Tinley Park Convention Center was chosen for its convenient locatio...
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ADM closing soybean plant in GalesburgAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - By Associated Press GALESBURG — Galesburg is losing an employer. WGIL Radio reports that Decatur-based ADM issued a statement late Monday confirming that its soybean pro...
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Bill Gates on buying binge of Deere's stockAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - MOLINE — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates' investment firm now owns nearly 6 percent of equipment maker Deere & Co.'s stock. Gates' investment firm, Cascade Investment LL...
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Germany urges UN to quickly free up Libyan assetsAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - BERLIN — Germany’s foreign minister called Tuesday for the U.N. Security Council to quickly pass a new resolution that would unblock billions of dollars in frozen Libyan...
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Sikich Investment Banking announces two appointmentsAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - Sikich Investment Banking is pleased to announce that Terrel G. Bressler, Managing Director, and John A. Ebe, Director, have joined the Firm where they will focus on mer...
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Arlington Heights' 'Harry's' loses its namesakeAug 23, 2011 12:00 am - A popular Arlington Heights restaurant lost its namesake over the weekend, when Harry McCollum, owner of Harry's of Arlington, passed away on Saturday. He was 75. “Right...
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