Business Stories from August 7, 2019 (Change date)
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India's central bank cuts lending rate to 5.40%Aug 07, 2019 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - India's central bank on Wednesday cut its key interest rate for the fourth consecutive time, reducing the repo rate by 0.35% to 5.40% to shore up the ec...
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'Chris' Cooney remembered for helping create TellabsAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - One of the founders of Naperville-based Tellabs, which at one time was the largest employer in DuPage County and a giant in the telecommunications and broadband industry...
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Walgreens to close 200 U.S. pharmacies in cost-cutting expansionAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - Deerfield-based Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. it will close 200 U.S. locations, part of a program to cut costs as the company grapples with a changing industry. The clos...
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Home health care companies complete mergerAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - BANNOCKBURN, - Option Care Enterprises and BioScrip have completed its merger plans, and now operates as one company under the name Option Care Health, Inc. Option Care ...
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East Dundee likely to establish food truck zone on trial basisAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - East Dundee officials are poised to establish a test program allowing existing businesses and nonprofits to sponsor food trucks in the downtown area. A proposal being co...
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Schaumburg 'Freedom' fest headlined by Toby Keith abruptly canceledAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - The Freedom and Dignity Festival headlined by country music star Toby Keith, set to take place Saturday at Boomers Stadium in Schaumburg, was canceled abruptly by its or...
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Barneys goes from suit seller to high fashion to just hanging onAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - Barneys New York Inc., the upscale clothing retailer with once-famously haughty sales people, has found humility. After filing for bankruptcy Tuesday, the monument to hi...
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Nerbonne named to Middleby board of directorsAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - The Middleby Corp. has named Robert A. Nerbonne to its board of directors. Nerbonne brings more than 35 years of strategic business expertise to Elgin-based Middleby, in...
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Overbeeke elected to MCEDC boardAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - MCHENRY - McHenry County Economic Development Corporation, the regional economic development entity for McHenry County, elected David Overbeeke of Brake Parts Inc., to i...
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Students shouldn't forget about 'soft' skills, employers sayAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - What kind of skills do businesses want their student interns and apprentices - and perhaps their future employees - to have in today's 21st-century workforce? Many youth...