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  • Huntley Area Chamber picks new leader

    HUNTLEY – The Huntley Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has selected Sunday Graham, a bank manager from Indiana, to lead the business member ...
    July 11, 2014 - 5:54 pm

  • Economists lower forecasts for U.S. growth

    WASHINGTON – U.S. business economists have sharply cut their growth forecasts for the April-June quarter and 2014, though they remain optimistic that ...
    July 11, 2014 - 5:54 pm

  • Amazon asks FAA for permission to fly drones

    NEW YORK – Amazon is asking the Federal Aviation Administration permission to use drones as part of its plan to deliver packages to customers in 30 mi ...
    July 11, 2014 - 5:54 pm

  • Tobacco firms Reynolds, Lorillard in merger talks

    RICHMOND, Va. – Big Tobacco may soon get smaller.The makers of Camel and Newport cigarettes said Fri ...
    July 11, 2014 - 5:54 pm

  • Weber-Stephen global distribution center broke ground Friday

    HUNTLEY – A project slated to bring nearly 500 jobs to the Huntley area is officially underway after a groundbreaking ceremony Friday.
    July 12, 2014 - 12:25 am

  • Report the claim to your insurance company as soon as you can after the accident says FGM Law in Marengo, IL

    Your insurance company will take care of the property damage if you had full coverage and will often times have a medical payment policy that will pay ...
    July 29, 2014 - 10:46 am

  • Kaplan: Government overreach threatens private property rights

    The Fourth of July, with its parades and fireworks displays, symbolizes and celebrates the freedoms and rights we have enjoyed for more than 230 years ...
    July 11, 2014 - 5:30 am

  • U.S. unemployment aid applications fall

    WASHINGTON – Fewer people sought U.S. unemployment benefits last week, driving down the level of applications to nearly the lowest in seven years.
    July 10, 2014 - 4:33 pm

  • Agriculture industry seeks to create right to farm

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In the nation’s agricultural heartland, farming is more than a multibillion-dollar industry that feeds the world. It could be on ...
    July 11, 2014 - 12:22 am

  • Boeing raises forecast for new airplane demand

    CHICAGO – Boeing Co. raised its long-term forecast for new airplane demand by more than 4 percent, based on expected orders of smaller, more fuel-effi ...
    July 10, 2014 - 4:32 pm

  • More 'headline-grabbing' corporate deals expected

    LONDON – More "headline-grabbing" acquisitions are likely over the coming year as businesses take advantage of a period of improving economic growth a ...
    July 10, 2014 - 4:32 pm

  • Portuguese bank fears rekindle euro market tension

    LISBON, Portugal – The specter of Europe’s financial crisis is back to haunt investors.Worries over ...
    July 10, 2014 - 4:32 pm

  • FTC sues Amazon over kids’ app charges

    NEW YORK – The Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon over charges that the company has not done enough to prevent children from making unauthorized ...
    July 10, 2014 - 4:33 pm

  • Island Lake Culver’s to host blood drive

    ISLAND LAKE – The Island Lake Culver’s, 203 E. State Road, will host a blood drive from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday in the restaurant’s parking lot as part ...
    July 10, 2014 - 4:32 pm

  • Barrett: A high return with low risk doesn’t exist

    We love “free.” According to Dan Ariely, author of “Predictably Irrational: the Hidden Forces that S ...
    July 10, 2014 - 4:31 pm

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