McHenry County Business
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Pitching Michelle ObamaJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Kathryn Kerrigan, a 28-year-old Libertyville shoe designer, is hoping her pumps make it to the White House. The entrepreneurial marketing teacher at Loyola University h...
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Gov't: Deerfield couple scammed Best Buy out of at least $31 milDec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The federal government says a kickback scheme that may have cost Best Buy. Co. at least $31 million yielded money that a couple used to buy real estat...
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Suburban retailers: 'It's not the craziness it used to be'Dec 26, 2008 10:00 pm - If retailers thought this holiday shopping season was tough, just wait. The after-Christmas clearance sales and gift-card spenders aren't expected to save this season, a...
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Follett Digital inks deal with publishersDec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - MCHENRY - Follett Digital Resources, a provider of digital solutions to help publishers and educators meet the needs of 21st century learners, announced the signing of f...
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New sweetener stevia? Coke, no PepsiDec 14, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Coca-Cola Co. will begin selling products made with a new zero-calorie sweetener despite no official nod from the government, but rival PepsiCo Inc. said Mon...
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Specialty toy stores unwrap successful seasonDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Amid the blizzard of treacherous economic news, it appears toys are a sweet spot heading into the holidays. Owners of some suburban specialty toy stores say that parents...
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Are you spending less?Dec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Heating bills, salary cuts and increasing food costs are forcing many parents to trim family budgets. But the look on a child's face when they see holiday gifts is toug...
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In hard times, workers have few legal protections over losing jobDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - As more Americans lose their jobs, worker advocate Lou Maltby is happy to talk about employee rights, but he warns that it's a short conversation. Workers in the United ...
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Chicago workers' sit-in becomes rallying pointDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday ordered state agencies to stop doing business with Bank of America to pressure the company to help laid-off workers who are staging a sit-...
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Obama: Workers staging sit-in 'absolutely right'Dec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama is weighing in on behalf of workers staging a sit-in on the factory floor of their former Chicago employer to protest abruptly losing their ...