Deerfield Business
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Walgreen Co. same-store sales up 1.5 percentApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Walgreen Co. reported Thursday that comparable-store sales, those at retailers open at least 12 months, increased 1.5 percent in March. Increasing pharmaceutical sales ...
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Walgreen's giving free care to jobless and uninsuredMar 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Drugstore operator Walgreen Co. will offer free clinic visits to the unemployed and uninsured for the rest of the year, providing tests and routine treatment for minor a...
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Records show Tribune Co. lobbied BlagoMar 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Tribune Co. was secretly negotiating with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich on a deal in which the state would buy Wrigley Field even as federal investigators were closing in on...
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Fortune Brands blamed for Absolut slumpMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Pernod Ricard SA, the distiller of Absolut vodka and Glenlivet scotch, plans to get through the recession and pay off its debts with help from the bartenders slinging $1...
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Agrium increases takeover offer for CF IndustriesMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Agrium Inc., North America's third- largest fertilizer producer, increased its takeover offer for CF Industries Holdings Inc., four days after CF challenged Agrium to pa...
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Wal-Mart takes aim at Walgreens, CVS CaremarkMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, is using its heft to offer lower-cost prescription drugs and stepping up competition with pharmacies at CVS Caremark ...
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Agrium committed to hostile takeover of Deerfield-based CF IndustriesMar 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Agrium Inc., North America's third- largest fertilizer producer, said it's committed to completing a hostile bid to acquire CF Industries Holdings Inc. Agrium's bid valu...
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Terra shuns CF Industries' latest bidMar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Terra Industries Inc. said its board rejected the latest takeover offer from rival U.S. fertilizer producer CF Industries Holdings Inc. "Our board has unanimously conclu...
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Williams-Sonoma 4Q profit falls 90 percentMar 23, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Williams-Sonoma says its fourth-quarter profit fell 90 percent as it closed underperforming stores and laid off workers amid the recession. The San Fran...
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CF board recommends shareholders reject Agrium offerMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - CF Industries Holdings Inc. recommended that shareholders reject Agrium Inc.'s takeover offer and sweetened its own bid for rival fertilizer maker Terra Industries Inc. ...