Green Oaks Business
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Kraft Foods 2nd-quarter profit rises 4 percentJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Kraft Foods Inc., the nation's largest food and beverage maker, reported a second-quarter profit rise of nearly 4 percent on Monday, saying higher prices he...
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Frykman Technologies still takes care of low-tech typewritersJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - For people of a certain age, the rat-a-tat of a typewriter in action is an unmistakable sound. But as personal computers superseded typewriters as indispensable pieces o...
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Chamber plans first fall business expoJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - LIBERTYVILLE - The Green Oaks, Libertyville, Mundelein and Vernon Hills Chamber of Commerce announced plans for its first fall fest/expo. It will take place from 10 a.m....
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Frustrations become growing business helping the elderlyJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - When a Lake County couple attempted to find care for their grandma, who was suffering with cancer in Florida, they grew frustrated. Shelly and JR Sun compared many of th...
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Abbott sees profits jump 34 percentJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - LIBERTYVILLE TOWNSHIP - Abbott Laboratories Inc. beat Wall Street expectations Wednesday with a 34-percent jump in second-quarter profit, driven by robust sales of its b...
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Brunswick to re-size, reduce costs by $300 millionJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - LAKE FOREST - Brunswick Corp., the maker of Sea Ray yachts and Boston Whaler fishing boats, plans to close four more North American plants and may fire as much as 10 per...
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Olympic Committee leader asks for business community's supportJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - About 150 area business leaders attended the annual meeting of the Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau on Thursday to hear an update on Chicago's bid for the 2...
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Partners expand joint research effortsJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - LIBERTYVILLE - Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced they have extended and expanded their joint research and development collab...
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Elginite's online shop offers custom invitesJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Dori Cappas of Elgin was a new stay-at-home mom, raising her son Jackson, about 4 1/2 years ago when she wanted to buy baptism invitations. She didn't find anything she ...
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Lawmakers subpoena Northbrook company in salmonella outbreakJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers voted Thursday to subpoena nine companies responsible for analyzing the most dangerous food entering the country as part of an investigation that...