Deerfield Business
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Sears 2Q profit drops on lower salesAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Sears Holdings Corp. said today that its second-quarter profit dropped 40 percent because of lower overall sales and weaker operating results from Kmart and its domestic...
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Briefs: RoundTable to sell MedAssist HoldingAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - LAKE FOREST -- RoundTable Healthcare Partners, a private equity firm in the health-care industry, said Wednesday it agreed to sell one of its companies, MedAssist Holdin...
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Baxter secures funding for Alzheimer's testAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Baxter International Inc. plans to start final-stage human tests next year of the immune disorder treatment Gammagard Liquid for Alzheimer's disease. Deerfield-based Bax...
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State to expand online payment of business taxesAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Revenue is expected to announce expansion plans this fall for its electronic withholding tax filing program for businesses. Since the pilot pr...
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Take on the TickerAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Nancy Coutu is founder of Money Manager Advisory Inc., Oak Brook The Bank of America and three other banks borrowed about $500 million from the Federal Reserve Bank last...
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Movers and ShakersAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - With 21 years of experience, William Weaver has joined CDW Corp., Vernon Hills, as group vice president, medium and large segment sales. Weaver most recently served as v...
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Power outages create demand on merchantsAug 24, 2007 11:00 pm - After storms cut power, uprooted trees and flooded streets, some local businesses Friday found gold at the end of the rainbow. But it was a frustrating way to earn a li...
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Briefs: Baxter launches new initiativeAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD -- Baxter International Inc. announced that it will launch Gardian, a program to provide continued access for patients relying on IGIV products including Gamma...
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LaSalle employees warn of ripples from merger layoffsAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - More than 10,500 jobs in Cook, Lake, DuPage and Will counties -- including about 4,150 at LaSalle Bank -- could be eliminated in the next two years with its purchase by ...
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Z Trim founder resigns, stock slidesAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Shares for Mundelein-based Z Trim Holdings Inc. Tuesday tumbled about 13 percent after founder and Chief Executive Gregory J. Halpern left with a severance package. Halp...