Lake County Business
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Sun-Times Media Group files for bankruptcyMar 30, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The Sun-Times Media Group, owner of the Chicago Sun-Times and dozens of suburban newspapers, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday, making it the fifth new...
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Records show Tribune Co. lobbied BlagoMar 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Tribune Co. was secretly negotiating with then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich on a deal in which the state would buy Wrigley Field even as federal investigators were closing in on...
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Moody's downgrades cable maker ColemanMar 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Wire and cable manufacturer Coleman Cable Inc. was reduced to a B2 corporate rating as the result of a one-notch downgrade March 27 by Moody's Investors Service. The sen...
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HSBC faces securities fraud trial over predecessor's lendingMar 29, 2009 11:00 pm - HSBC Finance Corp., the U.S. home-lending unit for Europe's biggest bank, goes to trial this week on claims that a corporate predecessor hid predatory lending from share...
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Jail for insider trading at now-Moto unitMar 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Britain's financial regulator sent its first person to prison for illegal insider trading after the former general counsel of TTP Communications Plc, now a Motorola Inc....
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Fortune Brands blamed for Absolut slumpMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Pernod Ricard SA, the distiller of Absolut vodka and Glenlivet scotch, plans to get through the recession and pay off its debts with help from the bartenders slinging $1...
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Agrium increases takeover offer for CF IndustriesMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Agrium Inc., North America's third- largest fertilizer producer, increased its takeover offer for CF Industries Holdings Inc., four days after CF challenged Agrium to pa...
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Suburban women find success with InnobabyMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - An idea that originated at a play group where two suburban moms went to socialize has grown into a booming business. Like moms at most of these gatherings, Kristen Min a...
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Wheeling restaurant closes for renovationMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Wheeling's Osteria di Tramonto at the Westin Chicago North Shore hotel, 601 N. Milwaukee Ave., has closed and is undergoing a concept change, according to Dan Egan, Dire...
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Wal-Mart takes aim at Walgreens, CVS CaremarkMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, is using its heft to offer lower-cost prescription drugs and stepping up competition with pharmacies at CVS Caremark ...