Island Lake Business
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Lake Zurich experts take a look at latest consumer trendsJan 05, 2011 10:00 pm - More mobility, more apps and more multimedia devices are likely to be in consumers' hands soon, judging by products unveiled this week, said two Lake Zurich-based expert...
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Walgreen December sales rise 7.5 percentJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - Deerfield-based Walgreen Co.'s December sales rose 7.5 percent to $6.81 billion, the biggest U.S. drugstore chain said on Wednesday. The performance was helped by Duane ...
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Fortune Brands picks seller for golf unitJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - Fortune Brands Inc., planning a breakup of the company, selected Morgan Stanley to run an auction for its golf division in a sale that may fetch as much as $1.5 billion,...
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India rejects Abbott patent applicationJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories was refused patent protection on its AIDS drug Kaletra by India's patent office, allowing Cipla Ltd. and other generic-drug companies to continue sel...
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Motorola to officially split into 2 companiesJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - As Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. enters the history books, two new companies will debut Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange — Motorola Solutions Inc. and Motorola Mo...
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Gen X outspends younger buyers onlineDec 31, 2010 10:00 pm - In the last week, 65-year-old Joe Cesario of Arlington Heights downloaded the movie “Wall Street” onto his home computer. He's also downloaded thousands of songs onto hi...
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More mobile options for hot technology in new yearDec 29, 2010 10:00 pm - Viewing more TV programs on your mobile device, using smartphones to quickly pay for merchandise, and tags that will help you find items faster in stores are among the t...
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Martha Stewart anti-bedbug patent case dismissedDec 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. reached a settlement with a Northbrook company over claims that its anti-bedbug mattress covers infringed a patent, according to cou...
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Allstate sues BoFa-CountrywideDec 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Allstate Corp. sued Bank of America Corp. and its Countrywide mortgage unit over $700 million in residential mortgage-backed securities the insurer purchased, claiming C...
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Harper offers course on 2011 economic trendsDec 26, 2010 10:00 pm - Just in time for the new year, Harper College will offer a free public mini-economics lesson aimed at untangling the confusion surrounding the general state of the econo...