Vernon Hills Business
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Area companies honored for family-friendly workplaceSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Abbott, Allstate and Kraft are area companies recognized on the annual Working Mother 100 Best list honoring companies for providing a family-friendly workplace. Working...
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Agrium raising cash for CF bidSep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Agrium Inc., North America's third-largest fertilizer producer, said it may raise as much as $1 billion by issuing various securities as it attempts to acquire competito...
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Barilla teams up with singer, chefSep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - To help encourage families to make the most of dinnertime, Barilla is teaming up with country music star Martina McBride and renowned chef Mario Batali to launch "Share ...
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Acco Brands plans to issue debt as borrowing costs fallSep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Acco Brands Corp., the maker of Swingline staplers, is marketing notes due in 2015 as high-yield, high-risk companies seek to take advantage of lower borrowing costs for...
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Mercury Marine managers sue BrunswickSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- About 100 Mercury Marine managers are suing its parent company over unpaid bonuses. The managers want $7 million in promised bonuses, plus punitive ...
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Acco Brands may pay 11.25% yield on '15 notesSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Linconshire-based Acco Brands Corp., maker of Swingline staplers, may pay a yield of 11 percent to 11.25 percent on its notes due in 2015, according to a person familiar...
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Discover 3Q profit rises, reserves loweredSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Discover Financial Services said Thursday it more than tripled its profit in the fiscal third quarter, helped by a payment from a lawsuit settlement. ...
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New Ace Hardware rising on site of previous store AntiochSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Ace is the place, again. Less than two years after an Ace Hardware closed its doors in Antioch, another Ace is rising in almost the exact spot. The original store, loca...
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Store with 1,000 cheeses comes to Lake CountySep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - After Sunday night's Bears game against Green Bay, cheese may not be what suburbanites want to think about. But a new store that opened in Lake County could make them f...
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Analyst: Kraft likely the only player for CadburySep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Cadbury Plc, the U.K. confectioner that last week rejected a proposed offer from Northfield-based Kraft Foods Inc., is "unlikely" to receive a competing bid, Bank of Ame...