Lake County Business
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Cocoa rally sweetens Kraft's Cadbury dealFeb 07, 2010 10:00 pm - The longest cocoa rally in three decades is ending as growers boost output, widening profit margins for chocolate makers who've already shrunk the size of candy bars and...
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Hospira profit fallsFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Lake Forest-based Hospira Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, reported its fourth-quarter earnings fell 7.6 percent on restructuring...
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Walgreen's starts free diabetes testingFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Walgreen's is joining efforts to stem the nation's diabetes epidemic by offering free blood sugar testing. The Deerfield-based chain's 24-hour stores and clinics will of...
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Walgreen CFO sees sales 'uplift,' lower costs with new formatFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Walgreen Co., the biggest U.S. drugstore chain, said its new store format is bringing an "uplift" in sales and helping drive down costs. Walgreen will have the new layou...
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Aon shows 4Q profit, to repurchase $2 billion in sharesFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Chicago-based Aon Corp., the largest insurance broker, authorized the repurchase of $2 billion in shares after swinging to a profit in the fourth quarter. Aon also has o...
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Walgreens sees sales dipFeb 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Walgreen Co. reported a 1.1 percent drop in same-store sales for January. The Deerfield-based company blamed fewer incidences of flu and calendar impacts for the unfavor...
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Hewitt spins off exec consulting divisionFeb 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Lincolnshire-based Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and outsourcing services company, announced it has closed on a partial divestiture of its Execu...
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Discover introduces new toolFeb 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Riverwoods-based Discover Financial Services announced the launch of CardBuilder, an online tool that gives applicants the ability to select certain terms, rewards prefe...
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Top 3 Cadbury officials to step downFeb 02, 2010 10:00 pm - LONDON -- Three top officials at Cadbury PLC announced Wednesday their intention to step down, after the British candy maker's shareholders approved Kraft Foods Inc.'s r...
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Cadbury shareholders approve Kraft dealFeb 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Cadbury PLC shareholders have approved Kraft Foods Inc.'s roughly $19.5 billion offer to acquire the British candy maker -- the final step in creating the global food gi...