Cook County Business
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Walgreen buys 20 Puerto Rican drugstoresJan 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drugstore chain, bought 20 drugstores from Puerto Rico's Farmacias El Amal. Financial terms of the acquisition, which will be completed in...
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Six Flags to trim jobs, costs in 2008Jan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Theme-park operator Six Flags Inc. plans to cut operating expenses by as much as $60 million this year as it spends less on radio marketing and consolidates advertising ...
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Homebuyers can prepare for the worstJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - A Kimball Hill bankruptcy -- and the company has not said it is planning to do that -- could spell trouble for buyers or owners of the builder's homes. Wheeling attorney...
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Motorola finishes Vertex tender offerJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG -- Motorola announced that its subsidiary, MI Inc., completed its tender offer to acquire a controlling interest in Vertex Standard Co., a global provider of ...
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Florida blocks new Allstate policiesJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Allstate Corp., seeking rate increases of as much as 42 percent in Florida, was barred from selling new policies in the state after failing to provide documents sought b...
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Hewitt set to sell Cyborg businessJan 16, 2008 10:00 pm - LINCOLNSHIRE -- Hewitt Associates Inc., a global human resources services company, agreed to sell its Cyborg business, a licensed payroll and HR software services organi...
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OfficeMax expands paper offeringsJan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - NAPERVILLE -- OfficeMax Inc., a seller of office products and services, Tuesday announced it is adding more environmentally-preferable paper choices to its product offer...
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Chamberlain acquires DigitechJan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - ELMHURST -- The Chamberlain Group Inc. said it acquired Digitech International Inc. of Asheville, N.C., as part of its ongoing growth plans in the integrated access cont...
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Drum partners with AeroBedJan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG -- Aero Products International Inc., a leader in the temporary bedding industry and maker of the original AeroBed, said Tuesday it is partnering with Drum Cor...
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Comcast to offer Blast for InternetJan 15, 2008 10:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG -- Comcast Corp. said Tuesday it now has a new ultra-fast service called Blast that offers high-speed Internet in the Chicago and South Bend, Ind., markets. W...