Deerfield Business
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What will stimulus plan mean for you? It may still be too early to tellJan 28, 2009 10:00 pm - When looking at President Obama's $825 billion economic stimulus plan, it's tempting to dream about all the good it could do here in the suburbs. • Brand-new roads and b...
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Prospect Heights man charged with running 22-year Ponzi schemeJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - A businessman from Prospect Heights was released Friday on a $100,000 unsecured bond after being charged with operating a Ponzi scheme that raked in tens of millions of ...
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Deerfield man's new games assists people with low visionJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Charles Schwartz, a trainer who works with elderly people with low vision, created a game that helps teach them how to live independently. After researching the concept...
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Terra soars after CF takeoverJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Terra Industries Inc., the largest U.S. maker of liquid-nitrogen fertilizer, rose the most in more than eight years in New York after CF Industries Holdings Inc. offered...
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U.S. foreclosure filings up 81 percent in '08; Lake Co. among hardest hitJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - One out of every 54 housing units in the United States faced foreclosure filings in 2008, and among the worst hit metropolitan regions was the Lake County and Kenosha, W...
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Walgreen to sell 10-year notes to repay debtJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Deerfield-based Walgreen Co., the second-largest U.S. drugstore chain, plans to sell 10-year notes as soon as today to repay debt, according to a person familiar with th...
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Walgreen eliminating 1,000 jobs as part of restructuring planJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Drugstore giant Walgreen Co. announced its first layoffs ever Tuesday with plans to slash 1,000 jobs by midyear. The job cuts, about 9 percent of the work force, at the...
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Discover shares battered by reports of massive Dec. job lossesJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Discover Financial Services, the Riverwoods-based credit-card company, fell the most in almost a month of New York trading after a private report showed U.S. employers c...
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Pitching Michelle ObamaJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Kathryn Kerrigan, a 28-year-old Libertyville shoe designer, is hoping her pumps make it to the White House. The entrepreneurial marketing teacher at Loyola University h...
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Walgreens December sales spike about 11 percentJan 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Deerfield-based Walgreens reported today that its December sales increased nearly 11 percent over last year. The company said its sales for the last month of the year w...