Island Lake Business
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Shaw buys DeKalb newspaperDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Shaw Newspapers, based in Dixon, announced Tuesday the acquisition of the Daily Chronicle, The MidWeek and affiliated publications from Lee Enterprises. Shaw has newspap...
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Briefs: Abbott sets goal to reduce emissionsDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - LIBERTYVILLE TOWNSHIP -- Abbott on Tuesday pledged to reduce its total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2 percent from 2006 to 2011. A member of the U.S. Environmental P...
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Cisco hires former Motorola technology chiefDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Cisco Systems Inc. said today it hired Padmasree Warrior, the former head of technology at mobile phone maker Motorola Inc., as chief technology officer. War...
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State losing high-pay jobsDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Northern Illinois University and other groups plan to release a report today that paints a sad trend of lower-paying jobs overtaking higher-paying ones in Illinois while...
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Abbott to close plant as market shiftsDec 04, 2007 10:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories announced Tuesday plans to cut 1,200 manufacturing jobs and shutter an Irish plant in an attempt to turn around its vascular business. Abbott will cl...
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Lake contractors assoc. elects officersDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - Area contractors elect new officers LAKE COUNTY -- The Lake County Contractors Association elected Lyle Ehlers, president of Boller Construction, Waukegan, to a two-year...
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Discover loses value in BritainDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - Riverwoods-based Discover Financial Services, the credit-card company spun off by Morgan Stanley five months ago, said Monday it would take a large fourth-quarter charge...
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AIM inks deal with Scott & WhiteDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - DEERFIELD -- American Imaging Management, a radiology benefit management and technology company with health-plan clients representing more than 20 million consumers, ann...
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Briefs: Baillie acquires Skipworth MovingDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - BATAVIA -- Baillie Moving Systems, an Atlas Van Lines agency, purchased Skipworth Moving Systems in Batavia. Chris Baillie, the principal of the company, is proud to con...
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Abbott to cut about 1,200 jobsDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories plans to cut about 1,200 jobs in California and Ireland, trimming costs in the division that makes heart stents and other devices to treat blood vess...