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Dear Gov. Perry: Illinois isn't perfect, but it has advantages
Dear Gov. Perry, So, yeah, Illinois is certainly not perfect! With our fiscal problems and aggressive taxes, I will admit, it can be a difficult state to do business in. But what Illinois has in common with Texas and the 48 other states of this great...Tags: Government, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Politics, Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Land Price
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The day ahead in business April 26
Reports: GDP for the first quarter, 7:30 a.m.; Michigan consumer sentiment for April, 8:55 a.m. Local earnings: AbbVie Inc., Acco Brands Corp., Amcol International Corp., Aon Plc, Ventas Inc. Other major earnings: Alcatel Lucent SA, Autoliv Inc.,...
Tags: Aon PLC, Simon Property Group, Inc., Tyco International Limited, Autoliv Incorporated, Samsung Group
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Bioscience startups to open in Chicago in next year
Two new collaborative work centers for bioscience startups are slated to open in Chicago during the next year as local industry boosters hope to replicate the momentum and visibility achieved by the area's digital entrepreneurs. Gov. Pat Quinn is...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Illinois Governor, Near West Side, Merchandise Mart, Hospira, Inc.
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Verizon seen having clear path to funds for Vodafone deal
ReutersBy Natalie Harrison and Danielle Robinson LONDON/NEW YORK, April 25 - Verizon would likely have little trouble rustling up $50 billion or more in the debt markets to help fund the full buyout of Verizon Wireless from UK partner Vodafone, bankers and...Tags: Vodafone Group Plc, Finance, Banking, Economy, Business and Finance, Bonds
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Non-caucus candidate declares victory in Lake Forest school election
Ted Moorman appeared to be headed for a seat on the Lake Forest High School District 115 school board Tuesday, becoming the first candidate in years to declare victory without an endorsement from the Lake Forest Caucus. With all precincts reporting...
Tags: Technology, Elections, Politics, Lake Forest College, Science and Technology
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New CEO At New Haven's Rib-X Pharmaceuticals
The Hartford CourantIn a reshuffling of executive leadership, New Haven's Rib-X Pharmaceuticals on Wednesday announced that Mary Szela would be the company's new chief executive. Szela worked for two decades at Abbott Laboratories, where at different times she led global...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), New Products
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Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Have a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood vessels. Heart care is in the midst of a transformation. Many...
Tags: Heart Attack, Cardiologists, Food and Drug Administration, Stroke, Heart Surgery
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J.B. Pritzker calls for large businesses to work closer with startups
J.B. Pritzker, the billionaire venture capitalist whose family founded the Hyatt hotel chain, called on corporations to work more closely with startups and become more familiar with the city's growing technology sector. "By definition, startups are...
Tags: Startups, Merchandise Mart, Business, City Club of Chicago, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Corporations and execs need penalties that hurt
If you're concerned about corporate crime, 2012 looked like a pretty successful year for the good guys. The Thousand Oaks biotech giant Amgen paid $762 million in fines and penalties and pleaded guilty to a federal charge related to illegal marketing of...
Tags: Government Health Care, Bank of America Corp., Countrywide Financial Corp., Finance, Mexico
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What you don't know about HIV tests
Statistics show that many who have HIV don't know they're infected, and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, along with Abbott Laboratories, is taking to social media to get that message out. "We need people to know their status," Johnathon Briggs,...Tags: World AIDS Day, HIV, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Politics, Elections
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ASK JEFF : Add food to area's industry
Coming off the Thanksgiving holiday and heading into the Christmas season, many of us have food on our mind. A few of us, me included, had a few too many turkey sandwiches and pieces of pie while gathering with friends and family over the holiday. The...
Tags: Christmas, Holidays, Kellogg Company, ConAgra Foods Incorporated, Food Industry
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Former Oriole Doug DeCinces indicted on insider trading charges
Former Orioles third baseman Doug DeCinces was indicted Wednesday, along with three friends, by a federal grand jury in California on securities fraud charges, for allegedly cashing in on inside information about the acquisition of an Orange County...
Tags: Trials, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Prosecution, Timonium, Fraud
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