Vernon Hills Business
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Amex, Discover to end fees going over credit limitAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- American Express and Discover customers will soon be free of fees for charging over their credit limits. The two companies said separately Tuesday they will...
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Fresh Market set for Lake ForestAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - LAKE FOREST - The Fresh Market will open its fifth store in Lake Forest in Spring 2010 in the former Don's Finest Foods location. A fourth store is set to open soon in N...
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RathGibson wins court approval of $80 mil loanAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - RathGibson Inc., the steel-tube maker controlled by DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, won permission from U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Sontchi in Wilmington, Delaware,...
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Trading services, items instead of spending cashAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Interest in an age-old practice is increasing as thousands are bartering using "trade dollars" in place of cash. Dentistry for computer services. A real estate appraisa...
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Abbott claims J&J's psoriasis drug infringes patentsAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories, which is fighting to void a $1.67 billion patent-infringement verdict won by Johnson & Johnson's Centocor unit, filed a lawsuit claiming a J&J drug ...
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Brunswick has huge day selling bondsAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Petroleum Co. of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd. and Brunswick Corp., the maker of Boston Whaler fishing boats, are marketing debt after borrowers sold $12.2 billion of bonds yes...
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BioSante to start female sex-gel trialsAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - BioSante Pharmaceuticals Inc., the developer of a gel to treat female sexual dysfunction, aims to fund clinical trials with cash from its planned acquisition of Cell Gen...
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Kraft, ConAgra want higher sugar quoatasAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - A coalition of food companies including General Mills Inc., Kraft Foods Inc. and ConAgra Foods Inc. asked the U.S. government to increase sugar-import quotas after inven...
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Bakery partners with WolvesAug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Vernon Hills-based Prairie City Bakery headquartered in Vernon Hills signed a multiyear marketing agreement with the Chicago Wolves. The bakery is now the "Official Cook...
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Discover Spending Monitor fallsAug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - The Discover U.S. Spending Monitor fell for the second consecutive month from 85.6 to 83.5, as consumer attitudes toward the economy and the current state of their perso...