Green Oaks Business
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Abbott cancels abuse-resistant Vicodin, fires sales staffJan 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories scrapped plans to introduce an abuse-resistant pain pill this year and fired 200 sales representatives that were added in anticipation of the drug's ...
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Motorola cuts 497 jobs in LibertyvilleJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. told the State of Illinois that it will eliminate 497 jobs at its Libertyville campus. An additional 49 will come at its Chicago office. T...
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Abbott opens new research laboratoryJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - LIBERTYVILLE TOWNSHIP - Abbott announced the opening of a new pharmaceutical analytical research laboratory in Singapore's Biopolis research park. This new facility, Ab...
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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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Motorola to lay off 4,000 more workersJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc. said Wednesday it will slice another 4,000 jobs as it battles the worsening economy and its own internal woes, especially its beleaguered phone business. T...
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OptionVue launches new trading softwareJan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - LIBERTYVILLE - OptionVue Systems International Inc. announced the launch of its next generation options trading software, OptionVue 6. Since 1982, OptionVue Systems has...
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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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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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Self-esteem teen workshop plannedDec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - LIBERTYVILLE - A Cinderella For a Day free self-esteem teen workshop takes place from noon to 5 p.m. today, Dec. 13, at Plato's Closet, 1420 S. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyiv...
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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 ...