Business Stories from February 28, 2020 (Change date)
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Move to Addison gives environmental nonprofit more space to recycleFeb 28, 2020 4:30 am - Collecting goods for reuse requires a lot of space, so the environmental education nonprofit SCARCE needs more of it. The 30-year-old organization has been at 799 Roose...
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Libertyville sharing $2.9 million in TIF funds with schools and other taxing bodiesFeb 28, 2020 4:30 am - Nine local taxing bodies will get a cut of $2.9 million from a special financing district created to fund parking decks and other projects in downtown Libertyville. The ...
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Des Plaines Theater renovation to include speak-easy Bourbon 'N BrassFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - Editors note: This article has been updated to reflect renovation costs and the relocation of Evanston's Bourbon 'N Brass to Des Plaines. The historic Des Plaines T...
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With Pheasant Run set to close today, uncertainty remains over the property's futureFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - Once known as a premier entertainment destination that put St. Charles on the map, the iconic Pheasant Run Resort is set to cease operations Sunday. As the last guests c...
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Before the crash, unbridled optimism put the bull market at riskFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - It's a shocking stat: for stocks, the fastest correction ever. Can it be true that in a century spanning the Great Depression and Financial Crisis, investors have never ...
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InvenTrust buys Georgia retail center for $11 millionFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - DOWNERS GROVE - InvenTrust Properties Corp. said it has acquired Trowbridge Crossing, a 62,600 square foot center in Sandy Springs, Georgia, for $11 million. Trowbridge ...
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U.S. personal spending slowed in january as incomes jumpedFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - U.S. personal spending decelerated in January to a still-solid pace, suggesting momentum among American consumers eased somewhat at the start of the year ahead of the co...
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Coronavirus fear drops stocks to 4-month low; bonds jumpFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - Fear over the economic fallout from the spreading coronavirus continued to rattle global markets, sending U.S. equities to a seventh straight loss and sparking demand fo...
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Director retires from CDW boardFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - LINCOLNSHIRE - CDW Corp. announced Benjamin D. Chereskin will retire from CDW's board of directors immediately prior to CDW's 2020 annual meeting of stockholders, consis...
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Feder: Before he became 'Mayor Pete,' Buttigieg worked as NBC 5 investigative internFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - For six weeks during the summer of 2002, a 20-year-old college student named Peter Buttigieg toiled in the background as an intern at WMAQ-Channel 5, the NBC-owned stati...