Northbrook Business
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Stimulus provides $8.7 million to fund summer jobs for area youthsMay 01, 2009 11:00 pm - The unemployment rate for 16- to-19-year-olds hit 21 percent last year, a level not seen for that age group since 1992. This year, a little extra boost from the federal ...
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Italian family restaurant expands to PalatineApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - A Wheeling High School graduate switched from owning a bunch of Luke's Beef restaurants to full-service Italian eateries. Tony Colatorti started working as a dishwasher...
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Feldco Factory Direct expands to MadisonApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - DES PLAINES - Feldco Factory Direct will open its newest office and showroom in Madison, Wis. on May 1. Feldco will operate a showroom, corporate office and warehouse in...
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Walgreen, CVS stocking up on anti-flu productsApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - CVS Caremark Corp. and Walgreen Co., the two largest U.S. drug-store chains, are preparing stores for a possible rush on hygiene products and pharmaceuticals as swine fl...
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Buffalo Grove's IPA sued againApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - A Buffalo Grove company already facing an EEOC lawsuit alleging massive sexual harassment is in hot water now with Illinois' attorney general, this time for alleged frau...
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New Hanover Park auto repair shop could be greenest everApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Between the plant-covered roof, solar panels and electric car plug-in stations, Steve Leffler dares anyone to show him a greener auto repair shop than the one he just op...
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Barrington firm's assets remain frozen in Ponzi probeApr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - A Barrington firm's assets remain frozen after the company and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission agreed to such an order last week, the commission said. Brookshir...
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Allstate told to report use in 'unregulated' marketsApr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Allstate Corp. has been told by regulators to report its participation in "unregulated insurance markets" after the firm's chief executive officer wrote that the company...
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Can General Growth hold onto its malls?Apr 16, 2009 11:00 pm - When General Growth Properties Inc. bought Rouse Co. for $11.3 billion in 2004, Chief Executive Officer John Bucksbaum said the deal amounted to "five years worth of acq...
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Aon cuts pension matches overseasApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Aon Corp., the world's biggest insurance broker, is reducing matching payments to employee pensions at its U.K. unit as the deepening recession increases pressure on Bri...