Waukegan Business
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Walgreen raises quarterly dividend to 17.5 centsJul 13, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Drugstore chain Walgreen Co. said Wednesday it is boosting its quarterly dividend by 27 percent to 17.5 cents from 13.75 cents as a sign of confidence in its...
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Suburban medical groups to mergeJul 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Northwest Gastroenterologists, Elgin Gastroenterology and Lake Shore Gastroenterology announced that they have merged and together will be called the Illinois Gastroente...
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Sunset Foods CEO says strike shouldn't delay Long Grove storeJul 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Sunset Foods President and CEO John Cortesi said Monday he is confident the ongoing construction workers' strike won't delay the planned January 2011 opening of the groc...
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Aon to buy Lincolnshire-based Hewitt for $4.9 billionJul 11, 2010 11:00 pm - How Lincolnshire-based Hewitt Associates Inc. will look once its merger with Aon Corp. is completed in mid-November is still unknown. But expect some type of cuts involv...
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IPA to finally settle sex-harassment suit against Buffalo Grove businessJul 08, 2010 11:00 pm - With a trial days away, Buffalo Grove-based International Profit Associates agreed to a tentative settlement that would end nine years of federal litigation over charges...
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Motorola debuts Charm phoneJul 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Motorola Inc. Wednesday announced the upcoming availability of Motorola Charm, a touch-screen smartphone that features social networking via Android 2.1, MotoBlur enhanc...
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Stericycle partners with PremierJul 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Lake Forest-based Stericycle Inc., a provider of healthcare-related services that protects people and reduces risk, announced Wednesday it has been awarded a new contrac...
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Discover buys back Treasury warrant for $172 millionJul 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Discover Financial Services paid $172 million to buy back a warrant issued to the U.S. Treasury Department's bank-bailout program, closing out the government's stake in ...
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Kraft sells Cadbury Romanian unitJul 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Kraft Foods Inc., the world's biggest confectioner after its takeover of Cadbury Plc, agreed to sell Cadbury's Kandia-Excelent confectionary unit in Romania to Oryxa Cap...
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Walgreens same-store sales up in JuneJul 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Walgreens reported that June sales at stores open at least a year increased 2 percent over last year. The Deerfield-based drugstore chain said in a Tuesday release that ...