Green Oaks Business
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Kraft, ConAgra want higher sugar quoatasAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - A coalition of food companies including General Mills Inc., Kraft Foods Inc. and ConAgra Foods Inc. asked the U.S. government to increase sugar-import quotas after inven...
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Bakery partners with WolvesAug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Vernon Hills-based Prairie City Bakery headquartered in Vernon Hills signed a multiyear marketing agreement with the Chicago Wolves. The bakery is now the "Official Cook...
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Discover Spending Monitor fallsAug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - The Discover U.S. Spending Monitor fell for the second consecutive month from 85.6 to 83.5, as consumer attitudes toward the economy and the current state of their perso...
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Walgreens forms joint ventureAug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Deerfield-based Walgreens entered into a joint venture with Vanderbilt Medical Center, a Nashville-based comprehensive health care facility and a major patient referral ...
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Baxter completes first batch of Swine Flu vaccineAug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Baxter International Inc. said it completed production of its first batches of swine flu vaccine, which it plans to sell outside the U.S. to slow the spread of the first...
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Wine bar, Irish pub set to open to downtown BarringtonAug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Two new businesses - an Irish pub and a wine bar - have plans to operate in downtown Barrington. The village announced that two new family businesses are planning to ope...
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24-hour fitness club on its way to Lake ZurichAug 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Anytime Fitness signed a lease and plans to open the first 24-hour fitness club in Lake Zurich. Working with the Schaumburg based firm of Builtech, Anytime Fitness will...
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Kraft Foods second quarter profit up 11 percentAug 03, 2009 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Kraft Foods Inc. said Tuesday its second-quarter profit rose 11 percent even though its revenue slipped as the dollar's strength weighed down international ...
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HSBC Holdings first half profit down 57 percentAug 02, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- HSBC Holdings PLC, the world's fifth-largest bank by assets, reported a 57 percent fall in first-half profit as bad loans increased due to the global economic ...
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Local dealers give mixed praise to 'Cash for Clunkers'Jul 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Anthony Santoro planned to drive his 1996 Dodge pickup truck through the winter, but the deals and rebates he was offered Friday were too good to pass up. Santoro, of I...