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Consumer Confidential: More cruises, fewer flu shots, free cones
Money & CompanyHere's your tip-o-the-hat Tuesday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --When the going gets tough, the tough go cruising. At least that's the word from our friends at Carnival Corp., the world's largest cruise-ship operator. The company says....... -
Add iPod accessory to bathroom decor
This week's column is a collection of odds and ends from a tech reporter's inbox. Let's start with the odd. Everything iPod The iPod continues to push our culture forward in significant ways. No longer is bringing reading material to the bathroom...Tags: New Products, Sports, Consumer Electronics Industry, San Antonio Spurs, Computer Networking and Internet
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Tags: Motorola, Inc., Ford Motor Co., Family, General Motors Corp., Henry Ford
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Buy and hold isn't necessarily tried and true
Tribune staff reporterWe try to follow advice that's supposed to be good for us. Parents tell children to eat their vegetables. So the children do. Wall Street tells adults to be long-term investors--to "buy and hold" stocks and mutual funds for the long term. So investors...Tags: Personal Finance, Career and Workplace, Health, General Motors Corp., Mutual Funds
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Hand Sanitizer Sales Soar Amid Swine Flu Scares
CHICAGO - Deerfield real estate agent Brenda Ferdman was visiting a client's home Thursday morning when she did something far more alarming than take a few photos. She started to cough. This didn't sit well with the client. "She was very concerned that...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Motorola, Inc., Coughing, Symptoms, Career and Workplace
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The week ahead
Chicago TribuneMonday: -- Institute for Supply Management index -- Earnings: AngioDynamics Inc.; Palm Inc.; Walgreen Co. Tuesday: -- September vehicle sales -- Earnings: Micron Technology Inc.; Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. Wednesday: -- Institute for Supply Management...Tags: Palm Inc, BlackBerry, Sealy Corporation, Constellation Brands Incorporated, Earnings
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Medical Marts' retail clinics putting doctors inside stores
The physician-staffed retail clinic model has officially opened its doors in the Chicago area. Medical Marts opened clinics this month in Aurora and St. Charles, with plans to open a third in Algonquin by the end of the month. All are located in Meijer...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Clubs and Associations, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Health and Medical Professionals, Health
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Major retailers pull magnet toy
Tribune staff reporterResponding to a Tribune investigation, some major retailers over the weekend suspended sales of Magnetix toys linked to one death and 27 intestinal injuries. The Tribune had bought recalled versions of the popular toys from Toys "R" Us, eToys, Amazon....Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Illinois, Toy Industry, Consumer Confidence, Toys
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Tags: Gap Inc., Coach Incorporated, New York, DVDs, Gifts
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Walgreens' travel plans include Hawaii
Walgreen Co. plans to open its first store in Hawaii by the end of this year. The nation's largest drugstore chain plans to open another three stores in the first quarter of 2008 and plans as many as 10 stores in the next 18 to 24 months, said...Tags: Alaska, Petroleum Industry, Services and Shopping, Milwaukee, Computers and Software
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Business briefs
LABOR Walgreen settlement wins OK A federal judge has signed off on Walgreen Co.'s plan to pay $24 million to settle a U.S. lawsuit alleging racial bias at the nation's largest drugstore chain. About 10,000 past and present black Walgreen workers will...Tags: Federal Reserve, Career and Workplace, Health, Google Inc., Employers
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Local stocks rise above tumult
Tribune staff reporterAmid rising investor nervousness, volatility and turmoil in debt markets stemming from defaults on subprime mortgages, Chicago-area stocks managed to largely hold their own over the last three months. Perhaps surprisingly, there were only a dozen...Tags: Earnings Forecasts, Abbott Laboratories, Illinois Tool Works Incorporated, Navistar International Corporation, Northern Trust Corporation
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