Business Stories from January 29, 2012 (Change date)
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Building industry conference comes to SchaumburgJan 29, 2012 11:00 pm - The Better Buildings-Better Business Conference is being held Jan. 31-Feb. 2 at the Schaumburg Convention Center. The conference will have more than 70 sessions addressi...
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Moto’s foundation director readies for Haiti tripJan 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Matthew Blakely, director of Schaumburg-based Motorola Solutions Foundation, will be making a whirlwind, one-day tour of Haiti, nearly 2 years after the devastating ...
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Teens migrating to Twitter — sometimes for privacyJan 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Teens don’t tweet, will never tweet — too public, too many older users. Not cool. That’s been the prediction for a while now, born of numbers showing that fewer than one...
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Stocks and bond yields drop on Europe worriesJan 29, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — The wait for an expected deal between Greece and its creditors rattled financial markets around the world Monday. Yields for ultra-safe U.S. government debt h...
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Emboldened GOP wants to abolish state income taxesJan 29, 2012 11:00 pm - OKLAHOMA CITY — A year after Republicans swept into office across the country, many have trained their sights on what has long been a fiscal conservative’s dream: the st...
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Walgreen buying files from 33 Kmart storesJan 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Deerfield-based Walgreen Co. said Monday it is buying prescription files and inventory from 33 Kmart pharmacies in 16 states. Walgreen, the largest drugstore operator in...
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Hot Mama to open in South BarringtonJan 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Hot Mama, a designer clothing store for moms, will open its seventh location in the Chicago area this spring at The Arboretum shopping center in South Barrington. Compan...
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JC Penney CEO talks about the chainJan 29, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Everyone wants to see what Ron Johnson will do next. For 15 years, Johnson worked at Target, where he pioneered the retailer’s cheap chic image. Then, he spen...
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Starbucks to open 50 Indian stores this yearJan 29, 2012 11:00 pm - MUMBAI, India — Starbucks aims to open 50 outlets in India by year’s end, through a 50-50 joint venture with Tata Global Beverages, the companies said Monday. Tata Starb...
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New program focuses on high tech businessesJan 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Medical devices. A concentration on science and engineering. High-tech bites of food or farming. Pharmaceuticals. Bio-just about anything. The Internet. Capital intensiv...
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