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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: Stock Broking, Stock Market, Pakistan, Willowbrook, 401K
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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: Travel, Mexico, Employees, Real Estate Agents, Health and Safety at School
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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, Micron Technology Incorporated, Lawson Software Incorporated, Sealy Corporation
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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: Lifestyle and Leisure, Medical Services, Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, American Medical Association
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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: Death, Consumer Confidence, Illinois, E-Commerce Industry, Toys
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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: Travel, Computers and Software, Business Trips, Hawaii, Services and Shopping
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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: Death, Legal Services, South Park (tv program), Drugs and Medicines, Entertainment
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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: Northern Trust Corporation, Indiana, Illinois Tool Works Incorporated, Altria Group, Inc., Tellabs Incorporated
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Layoff fears part of 'new normal'
Good skills and a good attitude no longer ensure steady employment, even when the economy is humming. This is the first in an occasional series about job loss and the changing nature of employment. The center of greater Barrington, population 40,000,...Tags: Death, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School, Job Layoffs, Baxter International Inc.
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2009 predicted to be a 'cleansing' period for retailers
The year of reckoning has begun for retailers. After a long stretch of easy access to capital, a store building boom and effortless selling to shoppers flush with cash from home-equity loans, the retail landscape is about to get smaller. Retailers are...Tags: Office Depot Inc., Starbucks Corp., Weather, Bankruptcy, Weather Reports
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Jumping the gun on Medicare
Tribune staff reporterThe nation's largest health plans are teaming with chains like Walgreens and Wal-Mart to launch in-store educational campaigns about the Medicare drug benefit as early as this week--10 weeks earlier than government rules allow them to start marketing...Tags: Hyde Park, Wages and Pensions, Drugs and Medicines, Medicaid, Health and Medical Professionals
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