Business Stories from February 3, 2021 (Change date)
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos may step down without stepping awayFeb 03, 2021 6:00 am - Even after stepping aside as CEO, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will likely keep identifying new frontiers for the world's dominant e-commerce company. His successor, meanwh...
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Sony booming on hit 'Demon Slayer,' headed to record profitFeb 03, 2021 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Sony Corp.'s its fiscal third quarter profit jumped 62%, positioning the Japanese entertainment and electronics giant for a record annual profit as its bott...
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GameStop's stupefying stock rise doesn't hide its realityFeb 03, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Behind GameStop's stock surge is the grim reality of its prospects: The video game retailer is floundering even as the industry around it is booming. Gam...
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Duchossois family, once largest shareholders in Churchill Downs, sells back 1 million sharesFeb 03, 2021 4:00 am - This story has been updated to correctly note that the Duchossois family was once the largest shareholder of Churchill Downs Inc. stock. Churchill Downs Inc., owner...
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Proposed TIF district for townhouse development debated in Prospect HeightsFeb 03, 2021 4:00 am - Whether a 69-unit townhouse development in northern Prospect Heights is worth the financial impacts a proposed incentive would have on other taxpayers was debated Tuesda...
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Hanover Park mayor posts virtual State of the Village addressFeb 03, 2021 12:00 am - Making the most of the changes wrought by COVID-19, Hanover Park Mayor Rod Craig has adapted his usually live State of the Village address into a virtual series of inter...
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Feder: News director Sandy Pudar bails out of 'NewsNation'Feb 03, 2021 12:00 am - Just weeks before the planned expansion of "NewsNation," the Chicago-based cable news operation on WGN America suddenly finds itself without a news director, Robert Fede...
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Lake County Partners receives $110,048 federal grant for post-pandemic planFeb 03, 2021 12:00 am - U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider announced a $110,048 grant Wednesday for Lake County Partners, a nonprofit organization that leads economic development in Lake County. The gran...
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Betsy Baer is hanging up her cape: Glenview chamber director set to retireFeb 03, 2021 12:00 am - In her prior work as executive director for an international commercial real estate firm, Betsy Baer established friendships all over the world. In November 2011, she be...
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COVID-19 restrictions loosened across the suburbsFeb 03, 2021 12:00 am - The state officially eased COVID-19 restrictions in DuPage, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties Wednesday, allowing residents and businesses to join the rest of the region i...