Tower Lakes Business
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Economy forces longtime Ben & Jerry's shop to closeMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Stopping at Ben & Jerry's in Vernon Hills just about every day after lunch, Dan Hanigan admits he's addicted to the Chocolate Therapy ice cream. Hannigan, who works nea...
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Northwest Community Hospital, Affinity Healthcare to mergeMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights-based Northwest Community Hospital said Wednesday it has signed a letter of intent to merge with Riverwoods-based Affinity Healthcare LLC, and the grou...
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Route 83 construction gets mixed reaction from business ownersMar 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Aging, narrow and traffic-clogged roads aren't good for business, but neither is a major road construction project that promises dust, delays and disruption. As the much...
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Lake County's economic outlook lean for 2010Mar 16, 2010 11:00 pm - There are reasons for optimism, but there also is no sugarcoating that the prospects for business growth in Lake County will be tough this year. "We just have to maintai...
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BioSante gets drug designationMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - LINCOLNSHIRE - BioSante Pharmaceuticals Inc. Monday announced BioSante's receipt of Orphan Drug designation from the FDA's Office of Orphan Products Development for GVAX...
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State unemployment rises to 12.2 percent; suburban rate soarsMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Unemployment rates in January soared above the previous year in all 12 metro areas for the 32nd consecutive month, according to data released Tuesday by the Illinois Dep...
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Small move creates big work for bead shop ownerMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Moving a business is never easy. But moving a bead business filled with thousands and thousands of little glossy balls has to be a special challenge. "It has been a nigh...
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Hewitt says legislation neededMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - LINCOLNSHIRE - Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company, believes federal action is needed to improve fee transparency and help emp...
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Discover posts loss in 1Q, misses expectationsMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Discover Financial Services says ongoing loan losses led it to lose money in the first three months of the year and fall well short of analyst forecasts. The...
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Abbott sues to block generic form of TriLipix as drug questionedMar 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories sued to prevent Impax Laboratories Inc. from selling a generic version of the cholesterol drug TriLipix until 2025. Impax said in a statement it is s...