All Stories from January 2, 2013 (Change date)
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Abbott completes split with AbbVieJan 02, 2013 8:49 am - Libertyville Township-based Abbott Laboratories and its pharmaceutical spinoff AbbVie Inc. kicked off the year as separate companies. AbbVie, which began trading Wednesd...
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West Chicago stabbing victim recovering, family saysJan 02, 2013 8:39 am - A 20-year-old West Chicago man is recovering after he was repeatedly stabbed during a dispute over $40, according to a family member. The victim suffered injuries to hi...
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Jon Stewart to host tribute to Bruce SpringsteenJan 02, 2013 8:18 am - LOS ANGELES — Jon Stewart is hosting the MusiCares salute to Bruce Springsteen. The Recording Academy also announced Wednesday that Elton John, Neil Young, Mumford & Son...
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Soccer Plus stores closing in Palatine, LibertyvilleJan 02, 2013 8:12 am - One of the first business casualties of the new year will be Soccer Plus, a longtime retailer of soccer and lacrosse equipment and attire. The specialty retailer will cl...
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Elgin’s Middleby Corp. acquires Viking RangeJan 02, 2013 8:10 am - Middleby CEO Selim A. Bassoul bought his first Viking range for his home about 12 years ago. Over the years, Bassoul, top executive of the maker of commercial cooking eq...
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Editorial: The broad reach of some resolutionsJan 02, 2013 8:00 am - Welcome, new year. While many of the troubles that persisted in 2012 will linger, there’s something refreshing about the chance to start anew each January. In the past w...
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Tiffany reaches licensing deal to sell jewelry by Elsa PerettiJan 02, 2013 7:34 am - Tiffany & Co., the luxury jeweler whose profit has trailed analysts’ estimates for four straight quarters, reached an agreement to continue selling jewelry by Elsa Peret...
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Best vehicle sales streak since 1973 boosts U.S. dealersJan 02, 2013 7:33 am - U.S. light-vehicle sales probably rose in December to wrap up a three-year run unrivaled in almost four decades as consumers replaced cars and trucks that are, on averag...
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Boeing 737 max orders top 1,000 with $6 billion lessor dealJan 02, 2013 7:32 am - Boeing Co. won an order for 60 of its upgraded single-aisle 737s, with a catalog value of $6 billion, from Aviation Capital Group LLC. The purchase brings total orders f...
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Algonquin buys 109.5-Megawatt Illinois wind farm from GoldwindJan 02, 2013 7:32 am - Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., a Canadian renewable-energy producer, purchased a 109.5-megawatt wind farm in Illinois from China’s Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Techno...