Lake County Business
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Mercury Marine managers sue BrunswickSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- About 100 Mercury Marine managers are suing its parent company over unpaid bonuses. The managers want $7 million in promised bonuses, plus punitive ...
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Acco Brands may pay 11.25% yield on '15 notesSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Linconshire-based Acco Brands Corp., maker of Swingline staplers, may pay a yield of 11 percent to 11.25 percent on its notes due in 2015, according to a person familiar...
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Local small businesses make contactsSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - They sat at tiny bistro tables, just the two of them. They talked about what they do. They exchanged phone numbers. And they were in a room with hundreds of others, all...
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Barrington man grows business that manages local wine festivalsSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Scott Janess of Barrington said he wanted to be just like Jerry Maguire. Sports was on his mind. Being a manager. But wine? Well, it didn't occur to him until later that...
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Discover 3Q profit rises, reserves loweredSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Discover Financial Services said Thursday it more than tripled its profit in the fiscal third quarter, helped by a payment from a lawsuit settlement. ...
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New Ace Hardware rising on site of previous store AntiochSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Ace is the place, again. Less than two years after an Ace Hardware closed its doors in Antioch, another Ace is rising in almost the exact spot. The original store, loca...
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Motorola could buy companiesSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG - Motorola Inc., the U.S. maker of walkie-talkies for emergency crews, may consider acquiring other businesses to offer more services and devices such as hand...
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Grainger's green effort awardedSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - LAKE FOREST - Grainger, a distributor of facilities maintenance supplies, announced that its corporate headquarters at 100 Grainger Parkway, has been awarded the LEED Go...
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Arlington Hts. native now runs one of the world's biggest corporationsSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - The man who now heads the world's largest consumer products company, Procter & Gamble, grew up in Arlington Heights. Bob McDonald, 56, took over as CEO of the 172-year-o...
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Lake Zurich's TreeHouse to open SaturdaySep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - An indoor play facility in Lake Zurich is set to open just in time for winter when parents with younger children are looking for an escape. The Lake Zurich TreeHouse, a...