Cook County Business
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Allstate may face revived suit over agent benefitsJul 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, may have to face a $2 billion lawsuit filed by current and former agents over benefits after an a...
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Final chapter for Libertyville children's bookstoreJul 28, 2009 11:00 pm - A year after new owners purchased Libertyville's Crocodile Pie children's bookstore and saved it from going under, the shop is once again preparing to close. Co-owners A...
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New bakery moving into WheelingJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - WHEELING - Sugar Hills Bakery has leased 3,000 square feet at Lynn Plaza at Dundee and Old McHenry Roads. This is the second location for the business. The other Italian...
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MailboxMan has solution for anchoring roadside boxesJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - When Scotty Joe Stastny lost his job as a national account executive for a food company, he took some handyman-type jobs that sparked a new business plan. While Stastny...
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Abbott to acquire nutrition businesses, expanding in IndiaJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Libertyville Township-based Abbott announced today an agreement to acquire the nutrition businesses of Wockhardt Limited, Carol Info Services Limited and certain Wockhar...
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CF Industries climbs after profit beats estimatesJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - CF Industries Holdings Inc., the target of a hostile takeover attempt by rival fertilizer producer Agrium Inc., rose in New York after second-quarter profit beat analyst...
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Allstate Arena second in salesJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - ROSEMONT - Allstate Arena was recently named second in ticket sales in the United States for the first half of 2009, according to Pollstar, a leading concert industry ma...
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Glenview cable distributor sees sales, profit fallJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Anixter International Inc., North America's largest distributor of communication cables and wires, sank as much as 19 percent in U.S. trading after a second-quarter loss...
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ACCO Brands reports resultsJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - LINCOLNSHIRE - ACCO Brands Corp., a world leader in select categories of branded office products, reported second-quarter net sales decreased 27 percent to $303.8 millio...
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New Naperville store starts at the bottom -- literallyJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Laurie Auld and Laura Smith have diapered a half-dozen children between their two families, and they've heard all the arguments about convenience and comfort and leakage...