Deerfield Business
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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...
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Gov't: Deerfield couple scammed Best Buy out of at least $31 milDec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The federal government says a kickback scheme that may have cost Best Buy. Co. at least $31 million yielded money that a couple used to buy real estat...
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Venezuela late on Discover Financial paymentDec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Venezuela’s foreign currency exchange agency, known by its acronym Cadivi, is months late reimbursing local banks and international credit card companies, El Nacional ...
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Discover Financial returns to profitability in 4QDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Discover Financial Services said Thursday it returned to profitability during its fiscal fourth-quarter, thanks to a legal settlement, but is nevertheless tr...
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Suit: Walgreen owes Express Scripts $25 millionDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, owes Express Scripts Inc. more than $25 million, the pharmacy benefits manager said in a lawsuit filed in federal court i...
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Citi downgrades Discover Financial ServicesDec 09, 2008 10:00 pm - American Express Co. tumbled as much as 12 percent after Citigroup Inc. recommended dumping shares of the credit-card company because of regulatory restrictions and moun...
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In hard times, workers have few legal protections over losing jobDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - As more Americans lose their jobs, worker advocate Lou Maltby is happy to talk about employee rights, but he warns that it's a short conversation. Workers in the United ...
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Chicago workers' sit-in becomes rallying pointDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday ordered state agencies to stop doing business with Bank of America to pressure the company to help laid-off workers who are staging a sit-...
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Obama: Workers staging sit-in 'absolutely right'Dec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama is weighing in on behalf of workers staging a sit-in on the factory floor of their former Chicago employer to protest abruptly losing their ...
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Chicago region has major stake in auto bailoutDec 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Despite the general downward trend in employment, a few industries are still hiring in the Chicago area despite the recession and record job layoffs, said John Challenge...