Business Stories from February 9, 2018 (Change date)
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Shipping shakeup? Amazon may deliver its own packagesFeb 09, 2018 6:00 am - Amazon has already shown that it can rattle the retail, grocery and health insurance industries, and now it is doing the same in the delivery business. The online retail...
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Government shutdown set to end as House passes sweeping budget billFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Congress moved to end a five-hour government shutdown early Friday morning after the House narrowly voted to support a massive bipartisan two-year budget de...
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Why McDonald's role in Olympics will be the smallest in decadesFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - McDonald's has long been a fixture at the Olympic Games, mobbed by hungry athletes and promoted in flashy ads reserved for the Games' corporate partners. But for the fir...
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Illinois Tool Works to present at investor conferenceFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Michael M. Larsen, Illinois Tool Works Inc. senior vice president and CFO, will present at the Citi 2018 Global Industrials Conference on Thursday, Feb. 22. The event wi...
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Investor eyes Naperville, Rosemont for virtual reality entertainmentFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - A roller coaster at a major theme park. A thin beam at the top of a skyscraper. An action movie packed with superheroes. Strap on virtual reality goggles in the new ent...
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Old Munich Inn in Wheeling to reopen under a new nameFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Old Munich Inn, the shuttered bar along Milwaukee Avenue in Wheeling, could be making a return as soon as May. But the standby on the village's "Restaurant Row" will ad...
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How Girl Scouts have changed the way they sell cookies this seasonFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - For many, entrepreneurism starts at an early age and there's no better organization that teaches these principles than the Girls Scouts. Their delicious cookies, which h...
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Medline's Curad earns first-aid awardFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Curad said Friday that its product line, SoothePLUS, has been named Product of the Year for 2018 in the first-aid category. Product of the Year is the world's largest co...
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Photos Hotdogs in Palatine to honor closed eatery's gift cardsFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Though Angelo Spiezia of Mount Prospect was saddened to learn the new owners of the Photos Hotdogs location in his village had closed shop last week, he soon found a sil...
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Higher budget deficits a likely factor in stock market routFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - The stock market may just have fired off a warning shot to the Trump administration and Congress about their plans to blow up the size of the federal deficit. The anxiet...