Business Stories from August 19, 2014 (Change date)
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Final classic car show tonight at RandhurstAug 20, 2014 5:31 pm - Tonight is the last Cruise Night of the summer at Randhurst Village in Mount Prospect. The free show features classic cars and their owners, plus a Q&A with Daily Herald auto columnist Matt Avery and special exhibits. To correct earlier reporters, there is no free concert tonight.
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Brita recalling children's water bottlesAug 20, 2014 6:47 am - Brita is recalling approximately 242,500 children's water filter bottles due to a possible laceration hazard. The company said Tuesday that the lid of the hard-sided bot...
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Walmart Neighborhood Market opens Wednesday in Des PlainesAug 20, 2014 4:51 pm - A new grocery store opening in the suburbs today includes a familiar big box name, but the store's concept is to be much smaller. The Walmart Neighborhood Market makes i...
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Home Depot profit tops estimates as seasonal sales reboundAug 20, 2014 12:08 am - Home Depot Inc., the largest U.S. home-improvement retailer, posted second-quarter profit that topped analysts' estimates and raised its forecast for the year as sales o...
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Elizabeth Arden sinks as sales of Justin Bieber fragrance dropAug 19, 2014 1:18 pm - Elizabeth Arden Inc. shares stink today, and scents associated with Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift are partly to blame. Shares of the manufacturer of fragrances and cosm...
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Metropolitan Opera reaches deals with 2 unionsAug 19, 2014 9:21 am - NEW YORK - New York's Metropolitan Opera reached tentative labor deals with two of its largest unions early Monday while negotiations continued with 10 more unions in ho...
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Stocks rise as U.S. home construction reboundsAug 19, 2014 4:40 pm - NEW YORK - A summer swoon for the stock market appears to be over for now. The Standard & Poor's 500 index closed within six points of its all-time high Tuesday, less t...
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Grocery head tours Chicago neighborhood lacking storeAug 20, 2014 8:12 am - The head of a grocery chain toured Chicago's South Shore community with an alderman in search of a store site. The South Side neighborhood was served by a Dominick's gro...
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Visitor agency banks on agritourismAug 20, 2014 8:10 am - CHAMPAIGN - Prairie Fruits Farm earned its reputation by producing goat's-milk cheese and gelato. Now the farm just north of Champaign-Urbana is milking agritourism for ...
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Batavia customers file suit against electricity providerAug 20, 2014 8:12 am - Nine Batavia utility customers have filed a class-action lawsuit, claiming consultants were negligent when advising city officials whether to make a 30-year, $240 millio...
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