Cook County Business
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Cigarettes now $1 more per pack in Cook CountyMar 01, 2013 5:28 am - Taxes on cigarettes sold in Cook County have gone up by $1 a pack. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says the tax, which took effect Friday, is expected to g...
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Sears 4Q loss narrows as co. reduces expensesFeb 28, 2013 5:02 am - NEW YORK — Sears narrowed its fiscal fourth quarter loss as it reduced expenses and improved sales a little at its namesake stores. The results offer a glimmer of hope f...
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Cook County’s use tax is entirely bogusFeb 27, 2013 4:00 am - Has anyone else in Cook County been slapped with the Non-Retailer Use Tax? In August 2012, I purchased a 1994 Yamaha motorcycle from a private party. I went to the Secre...
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Landauer declares 55 cent quarterly dividendFeb 26, 2013 7:59 am - Glenwood-based Landauer Inc. announced its board of directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 55 cents per share for the second quarter of fiscal 2013. The...
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CUB: Alternative power suppliers get A for savings, but problematicFeb 18, 2013 9:30 am - Electricity competition saved Illinoisans up to $218 million in 2012, but power suppliers get an overall grade of “incomplete” for reports of misleading pitches, a lack ...
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Suburban libraries go digital, add servicesFeb 16, 2013 10:00 pm - Libraries seeing resurgence of activity in suburbs
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New work, ear surgery help Wheaton entrepreneur's creative sideFeb 04, 2013 5:00 am - Nancy Chovancek's life turned around after her parents died and she felt life was too short not to do something she always wanted to do. So she left behind a 10-year ca...
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Clerk: Lobbyists active in Cook CountyJan 30, 2013 3:44 pm - Lobbyists were paid nearly $2.4 million in 2012 as they attempted to influence Cook County officials on the county’s new land bank, driver’s licenses for immigrants, the...
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Daily Herald 5th among country’s top growing newspapersJan 18, 2013 1:53 pm - A year after launching a paid content initiative, the Daily Herald was named one of the fastest growing newspapers in the country. According to the Alliance for Audited ...
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ECC program helped women become weldersJan 09, 2013 4:15 am - When Juana Rodriguez sat down in her first welding class at Elgin Community College in January 2011, everything started out fine. Her professor introduced himself and to...