Lake County Business
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Abbott 3Q profit jumps, outlook boostedOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Abbott Laboratories Inc. said Wednesday its third-quarter profit jumped 51 percent, led by sales of the arthritis medication Humira and a steep increase in...
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Oilman comes to Chicago to plead for wind powerOct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Oilman T. Boone Pickens will be in Chicago today at Navy Pier's Grand Ballroom at 10:30 a.m. to push his "Pickens Plan" for reducing America's dependence on foreign oil....
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Abbott Laboratories announces $5 billion buyback planOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Health care products company Abbott Laboratories will buy up to $5 billion in stock under a newly announced share buyback program. According to a Securities and Exchange...
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Walgreen says CEO Rein to retire; McNally named interimOct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Walgreen Co. said Jeffrey A. Rein retired as chairman and chief executive officer and named lead director Alan G. McNally to replace him in those positions until a perma...
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Automotive business to hold grand openingOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - A Fremd High School graduate was driven to motor sports at the age of 15 when a buddy took him to a street race. "I saw all the souped up cars. It caught my attention," ...
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Zebra and Managed Healthcare sign dealOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - VERNON HILLS - Zebra Technologies Corp., an on-demand specialty printing solutions company for the health care industry, signed a three-year agreement with Managed Healt...
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ISE Photography is business spotlightOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - ALGONQUIN - Peter J. Pelke II of ISE Photography is displaying his work at the Harris Bank branch in Algonquin, 225 S. Randall Road. Fine art prints, Web site developmen...
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Kraft Foods to lay off 400 workers in U.S., CanadaOct 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Kraft Foods Inc. will lay off 400 people in North America by the end of the year, the company told its employees Monday. The Northfield-based corporation employs 41,000 ...
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Walgreens September sales increase 10 percentOct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Deerfield-based Walgreens had September sales of $4,854,000,000, an increase of 10 percent from $4,410,987,000 for the same month in 2007. Sales in comparable stores, th...
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Hope for the holidaysSep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - 'Tis the season for picking Halloween costumes and pumpkins. Yet, some retailers are already preparing for what is traditionally the biggest sales holiday of the year. ...