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McDonald's fights try for paid health insurance
Tribune staff reporterA battle is gearing up in California to determine if companies will be forced to pay for workers' health insurance. A law requiring many employers to pay at least 80 percent of workers' premiums will go into effect unless voters strike it down in...Tags: Gray Davis, Employees, Los Angeles, California, Business
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Sears lays out game plan, promises to boost income
Chicago Tribune staff reporterAlan Lacy laid out a conservative game plan Wednesday for Sears, Roebuck and Co. focused more on cutting costs than growing revenue. Sears expects 2002 revenue to be flat, a result of both the slow economy and Sears' selective exit of merchandise lines,...Tags: Target Brands, Inc., Earnings, Chicago Tribune, Washington, DC, NYSE Euronext, Inc.
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Lower auto sales this year
Sun StaffAfter the most disappointing holiday retail season in a decade, few experts expect a quick rebound for retailers in 2001. News has been grim so far, with store closings, layoffs and bankruptcies coming on the heels of a 2000 holiday season hurt by a...Tags: Federal Reserve, Tokyo (Japan), Baltimore County, Real Estate, Marketing
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Maher sorry for politically incorrect comment
ReutersBill Maher, the irreverent host of late-night talk show "Politically Incorrect," apologized on Wednesday for saying some U.S. military actions were "cowardly," a remark many said was not only politically incorrect but offensive. His televised comments...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Civil Rights, Wars and Interventions, Advertising, Television
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Federated bets on malls
Tribune staff reporterIn a deal to create a department store giant that will control the anchor positions at malls across the country, Federated Department Stores Inc. on Monday officially announced an acquisition of May Department Stores Co. The $11 billion deal for May,...Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Nordstrom, Inc., Companies and Corporations, Advertising
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Blood donors line up to help out
People searching for a way to help the victims of the devastation in New York and Washington poured into Chicago area hospitals and blood banks on Tuesday, stretching the region's blood collection system to its limits. Volunteers lined the corridors of...Tags: Employees, Charity, Washington (U.S. state), Plastic Surgeons, Social Issues
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Safety concerns send many home
Tribune staff reporterThe terrorist attacks in New York and Washington brought a sudden end to the workday for thousands of people in Chicago. Quaker Oats Co. closed its headquarters along the Chicago River at 10 a.m., sending 1,100 home. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of...Tags: Employees, Quaker Oats Company, Transportation, Manhattan (New York City), Business
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Chicagoans flocking to give blood, offer help
Tribune staff reporterAt City Hall in Chicago on Wednesday, people waited as long as three hours to donate blood. Hundreds of doctors and nurses, meanwhile, offered their services in the event they are needed in New York or Washington to care for the injured. Across...Tags: New York, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Charity, The Salvation Army, Christianity
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Taking America's pulse inside Sears Tower
Tribune staff reporterIt was a long way down. Seventy flights, 1,400 steps. Erin Frey took them one at a time in 2 1/2-inch heels, moving like a woman running from something. After what happened Sept. 11, Frey had to prove to herself she could escape Sears Tower in an...Tags: Belarus, Transportation Accidents, Insurance, Terrorism, Contracts
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Schools' historic ties to an unequal past
Sun StaffThe small wooden building that once housed Queenstown Elementary School contains a paradox. Built in the era of racial segregation, it was a place where black children received a second-rate education. Its teachers were paid less than white teachers, and...Tags: Prince George's County, Baltimore County, Washington (U.S. state), Arts and Culture, Social Issues
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Part 1: The threat to neighborhoods
Tribune staff reportersTwenty years ago, the city of Chicago launched a mission never undertaken before by any major American community. It dispatched teams of architectural experts to examine every last one of the city's buildings -- nearly half a million. Their charge: To...Tags: Chicago Stockyards, Track and Field, George Halas, Al Capone, Soccer
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