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Suburban retailers: 'It's not the craziness it used to be'Dec 26, 2008 10:00 pm - If retailers thought this holiday shopping season was tough, just wait. The after-Christmas clearance sales and gift-card spenders aren't expected to save this season, a...
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P.M. Bedroom Gallery a family affairDec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - The story of brothers Arvid and Ben Huth is the kind of farm-to-suburbs tale you might think doesn't happen any more. When he was 21, Arvid was a junior with a 3.9 GPA w...
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Are you spending less?Dec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Heating bills, salary cuts and increasing food costs are forcing many parents to trim family budgets. But the look on a child's face when they see holiday gifts is toug...
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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...
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AT&T to cut 12,000 jobsDec 03, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- AT&T Inc. joined the recession's parade of layoffs Thursday by announcing plans to cut 12,000 jobs, about 4 percent of its work force. The Dallas-based telec...
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No light ahead for Sears as third quarter revenue fallsDec 02, 2008 10:00 pm - The outlook for Sears Holding Corp. looked gloomy Tuesday after the suburban retail giant announced a continued drop in sales. Revenue fell 8 percent in the third quarte...
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Sears suffers 3Q loss on weak U.S., Kmart salesDec 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Sears Holdings Corp. posted its biggest quarterly loss since financier Edward Lampert combined Sears and Kmart into one retail company, due mainly to hefty charges relat...