Lake Barrington Business
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Motorola debuts new headsetApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - LIBERTYVILLE - Motorola Inc. debuted the H17txt with MotoSpeak, a Bluetooth headset designed to keep cell phone users connected and responsible on and off the road. The ...
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Business owners fear costs, regulations of health-care reformApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Health-care reform is supposed to lower costs, but among skeptical suburban business owners, at least one industry is sure to see a cost increase: tanning salons. Effect...
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Allstate boosts CEO Wilson's pay as stock drops a third yearApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, said Chief Executive Officer Tom Wilson's compensation rose 31 percent as the company's stock dec...
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General Growth files plan to exit bankruptcyMar 31, 2010 11:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc. has an agreement to reorganize with $6.55 billion from Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Pershing Square Capital Management LP and Fairhol...
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Mundelein wins shopping center suitMar 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Actions by Mundelein village officials involving the approval of a shopping center fronting Route 60 were reasonable, a Lake County judge has determined. Associate Judge...
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Solo to buy Georgia container companyMar 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Solo Cup Company, a provider of single-use products used to serve food and beverages, announced it's buying take-out container maker InnoWare Plastic for $24 million. La...
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Workers more active in benefitsMar 30, 2010 11:00 pm - LINCOLNSHIRE - With U.S. health care and large-scale health reform in the media spotlight, a new analysis by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and o...
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Kraft CEO's compensation rose 38 percent in 2009Mar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. -- The CEO of Kraft Foods Inc., Irene Rosenfeld, received compensation valued at $22.1 million in 2009, an increase of 38 percent from 2008, according to ...
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Walgreens gets clearance for Duane Reade acquisitionMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Walgreen Co. announced Tuesday that it received regulatory clearance from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission needed to complete the acquisition of Duane Reade Holdings In...
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Thousands of local jobless face loss of benefitsMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - About 20,000 unemployed people around Illinois - more than half of them from Chicago and the suburbs - could see the end of their extended benefits starting this week. W...