North Chicago Business
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Abbott, Northrup, Verizon to raise dividendsMar 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Altria Group Inc., AT&T Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co. are among 34 large U.S. companies that are likely to boost dividends, and investors should buy their stocks as the ...
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Humira sales lift Abbott 4Q profit 28 percentJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Sales of Abbott Laboratories' blockbuster drug Humira combined with double-digit growth of medical devices and nutritionals to push profit up 28 percent in the fourth qu...
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Abbott's White: It's a 'good time' to buy health care companiesJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories, with $3.77 billion in cash, is looking to buy non-pharmaceutical companies beaten down by the recession, joining other big drugmakers shopping for b...
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Abbott buying Advanced Medical for $2.8 billionJan 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Libertyville Township-based Abbott Laboratories aims to expand into vision care products, especially with cataracts and Lasik surgery, by acquiring a California company ...
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Takeda, Abbott win Prevacid patent appealNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. and Abbott Laboratories won an appeals court ruling that will prevent Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. from selling a generic version of the...
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Abbott Laboratories announces $5 billion buyback planOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Health care products company Abbott Laboratories will buy up to $5 billion in stock under a newly announced share buyback program. According to a Securities and Exchange...
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Abbott faces more litigation over AIDS drugAug 03, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- When Abbott Laboratories Inc. hiked up the price of a popular AIDS drug by 400 percent in 2003, executives prepared for the inevitable public relations ...
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Racing star comes to Loeber MotorsMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - LINCOLNWOOD -- Michael Loeber, president of Loeber Motors, announced that the Porsche dealership located at 7101 N. Lincoln Ave. in Lincolnwood hosts a brunch with Hurle...
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Abbott's anti-cholesterol enters the market with bright prospectFeb 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories is looking to expand its presence in a growing market for anti-cholesterol drugs, as the ranks of the elderly in the U.S. swell over the next five ye...
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Area layoffs mainly hit plant workersDec 03, 2007 10:00 pm - Several area manufacturers are closing plants, in one case moving the work to Mexico, according to state filings. Refrigeration equipment firm Krack Corp., a subsidiary ...