Northbrook Business
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It's here, and worth the hype, say iPad fansApr 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Memo Mendoza likely scored a lot of points with his gadget-loving wife for snagging Apple's latest and much touted toy - the iPad - for her birthday. The Streamwood man ...
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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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Reflejos recognized with José Martí awardsApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Reflejos, Paddock Publications' weekly bilingual journal of suburban news and features, was recently honored by the National Association of Hispanic Publications with tw...
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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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Legendary Arlington Hts. pharmacy loses matriarchApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Marian Harris practiced pharmacy for only 2½ years, but her imprint is all over the family business, Harris Pharmacy in Arlington Heights. Mrs. Harris opened Harris Phar...
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Verizon: Health care reform to cost company $970 millionApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Verizon Communications Inc., the second-largest U.S. phone company, became the latest company to record a cost related to the U.S. health-care overhaul, saying it will i...
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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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Goldman cuts RIM ratingMar 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Goldman Sachs Group Inc. advised investors to sell BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd., citing escalating competition, as at least five other firms raised price est...
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Johnson, Almarai ink dealMar 30, 2010 11:00 pm - GLENVIEW - Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., a market leader in sales of infant formula, and Almarai Co., a food and beverage company in the Gulf region, announced Tuesday tha...
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43-store card and gift store chain Swoozie's closing downMar 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Swoozie's employees hoped they wouldn't have to send invitations for a liquidation sale. But that's the way it's headed as the card and gift chain is closing all of its ...