Antioch Business
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Suburban unemployment numbers continue to riseNov 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Unemployment in the suburbs has been escalating along with state and national figures. So it wasn't surprising to a Naperville career counselor that more people were com...
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Kraft nears deadline to make Cadbury offerNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - The clock is ticking on a Monday deadline for Kraft Foods Inc. to make a formal offer for British candy maker Cadbury PLC. Kraft, which makes Oreo cookies, Nabisco crack...
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CF Industries rejects Agrium's newest takeover bidNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- CF Industries Holdings Inc. has rejected rival fertilizer maker Agrium Inc.'s sweetened takeover bid, saying the $4.5 billion bid significantly undervalues t...
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Takeda sues Teva over insomnia medicineNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Asia's biggest drugmaker, sued Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., alleging infringement of a U.S. patent for the insomnia treatment Rozerem....
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Economy takes toll on Island Lake mainstayNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Island Hardware owner Stan Livermore said that if business had been half as good in the last 24 months as it was Thursday, he wouldn't be holding his store closing sale....
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Zion catches baseball fever as ground broken for new ballparkNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - There was ice cold beer, red hots, lemonade and a six-piece band playing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame." The calendar says November, but it felt like spring as hundreds o...
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Still waiting for that IRS refund? IRS may be looking for youNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - The IRS has about $3.6 million in undelivered refunds, because they can't find all of you to deliver them. Perhaps you've moved, divorced or changed your name, or you ma...
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Allstate swings to profit, catastrophe losses dipNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, swung to a third-quarter profit on fewer storm claims and improved investment results. Allstate's...
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Allstate dumps munis as local governments run budget deficitsNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, is paring its municipal-bond holdings because state and local governments are "not in great shape...
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CVS Caremark 3Q profit jumps 39 percentNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- CVS Caremark Corp. said Thursday its third-quarter profit jumped 39 percent, but shares plunged after the company said its struggling Caremark pharmacy benef...