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Albertsons is set to announce widespread price cuts - Los Angeles Times

Posted by coloneltribune 185 days ago (http://www.latimes.com)
Category: Business | Tags: abs wal-mart wmt albertson\'s
The Southern California supermarket chain is hoping to lure back budget-minded shoppers lost to Wal-Mart, Target and other discounters during the rec[...] read more »
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Despite the signs, risk is sexy again

Posted by coloneltribune 185 days ago, popular 185 days ago (http://www.chicagotribune.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: risk stock
Nowhere is the appetite for risk more clear than in emerging markets. The iShares MSCI emerging market exchange-traded fund, a popular vehicle for U.[...] read more »
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Chrysler bankruptcy deal, Fiat partnership 'a new lease on life'

Posted by coloneltribune 204 days ago (http://www.chicagotribune.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bankruptcy chrysler daimlerchrysler ag
After an extraordinary, late-night battle of wills with a group of recalcitrant bondholders, President Barack Obama steered Chrysler LLC into bankrup[...] read more »
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Swine flu fears force corporate America into action

Posted by coloneltribune 204 days ago, popular 203 days ago (http://www.chicagotribune.com)
Category: Business | Tags: business swine flu
The American workplace this week is starting to resemble a cross between a hypochondriac convention and those first few days of elementary school, wh[...] read more »
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Exelon plans to build solar power plant on Chicago's South Side

Posted by coloneltribune 213 days ago (http://www.chicagotribune.com)
Category: Green | Tags: chicago energy exelon exc
Exelon Corp. will unveil on Wednesday plans to build a $60 million solar power plant on Chicago's South Side, a small step to fighting climate chang[...] read more »
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Gov't provides $150 billion aid package to insurance giant AIG; largest-ever private bailout

Posted by coloneltribune 376 days ago (http://www.chicagotribune.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: aig chicago tribune chicagotribune
WASHINGTON (AP) _ In a record bailout of a private company, the government on Monday provided a new $150 billion financial-rescue package to troubled[...] read more »
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High costs drive down trips to the doctor

Posted by coloneltribune 400 days ago (http://www.chicagotribune.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: chicago tribune chicagotribune health
Rather than going to the hospital, it seems that some folks are self-diagnosing their ailments to save money. read more »
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Chicago Mayor Richard Daley to cut city services over six days to save money

Posted by coloneltribune 403 days ago (http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: chicago chicago tribune chicagotribune
Mayor Richard Daley said today he will shut down "non-safety-related city services" for six days abutting holidays over the next two years to save [...] read more »
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PepsiCo plans to cut 3,300 jobs as 3Q profit falls 10 percent

Posted by coloneltribune 403 days ago, popular 403 days ago (http://www.chicagotribune.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: coca-cola pepsi pepsico
PepsiCo Inc., which has struggled with lagging sales of its soft drinks business in the U.S., announced plans to eliminate 3,300 positions globally, [...] read more »
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Bush: U.S. to buy stock in banks

Posted by coloneltribune 403 days ago, popular 403 days ago (http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: federal reserve george bush recession
President Bush this morning announced a $250 billion plan by the government to directly buy shares in the nation's leading banks, saying the drastic[...] read more »
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