Business Stories from April 9, 2020 (Change date)
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Attorney general's office finds no evidence of price gougingApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul's office has received more than 1,120 price-gouging complaints since the start of the coronavirus outbreak. However, investigators ...
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Wiped out of toilet paper? Here's whyApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - What does toilet paper have to do with a global pandemic? Nothing. Yet millions of people have been panicking about their household supply. Stores shelves have been empt...
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Discover to hold virtual annual meetingApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - RIVERWOODS - Discover Financial Services will be holding its 2020 annual meeting of Shareholders online at 9 a.m. May 14 due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. A...
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Ulta to furlough 'many' store employeesApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - Bolingbrook-based beauty products chain Ulta Beauty announced it would furlough 'many" of its store employees on April 19 due to the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic. U...
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Hurry up and wait? Why relief to small businesses has laggedApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Speed is of the essence if a federal relief program for small businesses is going to be effective in combating the damage wrought by the coronavirus lock...
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Home care business in Naperville making masks, seeking volunteersApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - Assisting Hands Home Care in Naperville is recruiting volunteers to sew masks for medical personnel in Naperville and Downers Grove to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic....
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Third week of big U.S. jobless claims sees 6.61 million filingsApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - Americans applied for unemployment benefits in massive numbers for a third straight week, bringing the total to about 16.8 million during the coronavirus pandemic's econ...
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Half-billion more people face poverty due to virusApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Around half a billion people could be pushed into poverty as a result of the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic unless richer countries take "u...
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Wauconda Orchards founder lived his 104 years fullyApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - Dick Breeden was an Eagle Scout, a corporate executive, a businessman, a Naval Reserve officer, an artist and a history lover. But it was as an apple grower and hands-o...
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Rosemont convention center considered a 'last resort' field hospitalApr 09, 2020 1:00 am - The Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont has been considered as a possible field hospital that could deal with an overflow of patients, but only as a "last r...