Business Stories from August 12, 2012 (Change date)
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Longtime West Chicago business owner, civic leader diesAug 14, 2012 2:51 pm - West Chicago has lost one of its most devoted citizens. Robert Westrom, a former West Chicago business owner, firefighter and school board member, died Thursday at the ...
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Social media proves a force in consuming OlympicsAug 13, 2012 7:37 am - NEW YORK — The London Olympics may well be remembered as the event that drove home the power of social media — partly to the chagrin but mostly to the benefit of NBC, wh...
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Rich toddlers draw fashion designers’ eyesAug 13, 2012 7:37 am - NEW YORK — Juliet Sandler dresses in the latest $650 dresses and $400 shoes from Parisian fashion house Lanvin. Juliet is 3. Her mother, Dara Sandler, says she dresses h...
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Social Security surplus dwarfed by future deficitAug 13, 2012 7:37 am - WASHINGTON — As millions of baby boomers flood Social Security with applications for benefits, the program’s $2.7 trillion surplus is starting to look small. For nearly ...
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Expanded Walmart opens in Wheeling Aug. 15Aug 14, 2012 10:40 am - A newly expanded Walmart opens this month in Wheeling, bringing 85 new jobs. The store, located at 1455 E. Lake-Cook Road, will open to customers after a brief ribbon cu...
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Streamwood invites car lovers to “Cruise Night”Aug 12, 2012 8:32 pm - Lovers of all kinds of cars are invited out to a “Cruise Night” in Streamwood on Thursday, Aug. 16. The cruise will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Whether you drive a Corvette or a...
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Tough choices for law schools amid jobs crisisAug 12, 2012 4:02 pm - WASHINGTON — A few months after finishing college, Angela Achen sat in a hospital waiting room and took stock of her assets: A degree in art history, a knack for women’s...
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Increasing stereotypes threaten European unityAug 12, 2012 4:02 pm - BRUSSELS — Maybe the problem is those southerners lolling in the Mediterranean sun who overspent and tax-dodged their way to ruin. Or maybe it’s the northerners, rigid b...
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