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The Walgreens store at State and Randolph Streets in Chicago.

Walgreens names new CFO

March 20, 2020 at 1:47 a.m.

Walgreens Boots Alliance has a new chief financial officer. George Fairweather, formerly the group finance director at Alliance Boots, has been appointed global chief financial officer effective Feb. 20, replacing...

Lifetime smokers lose out on $1.5 million, study finds

August 19, 2019 at 2:59 a.m.

The lifetime cost of smoking in Illinois has surpassed $1.5 million per person, according to a new WalletHub study. If an 18-year-old smoker took the costs related to smoking and...

TurboTax maker offers $25 rebate, says ‘We messed up’

June 16, 2018 at 7:58 p.m.

Intuit, the maker of TurboTax software, apologized after an onslaught of consumer complaints about the unexpected need to buy an upgrade this year for some types of filings. Intuit emailed...

Hospira recalling injections over human hair contamination

June 16, 2018 at 2:38 a.m.

Lake Forest-based Hospira issued a recall Friday for some of its sodium chloride injections, one of which was confirmed to be contaminated with a human hair. Hospira said it hasn't...

According to a National Chicken Council report released Friday, 1.25 billion wings will be consumed during Super Bowl XLIX.

1.25 billion wings will be consumed Super Bowl Sunday

June 16, 2018 at 7:51 p.m.

Whether you plan on rooting for the Seattle Seahawks or the New England Patriots on Super Bowl Sunday, one thing that will unite the nation is: chicken wings. According to...

Something to crow about: 1.25 billion chicken wings for Super Bowl Sunday

January 27, 2020 at 8:02 p.m.

Whether you plan to root for the Seattle Seahawks or the New England Patriots on Super Bowl Sunday, one thing that will unite the nation is chicken wings. According to...

Walgreen Co., which operates Walgreens drugstores, has sold a majority stake in its infusion services business.

Walgreen sells majority stake in infusion business

June 16, 2018 at 4:17 a.m.

Chicago private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners will acquire a majority stake in Walgreen's infusion services business, Walgreen Co. said in a release Tuesday. When the deal closes, Deerfield-based Walgreen's...

The Alma Mater statue stands on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

U of I, AbbVie partner on innovation center

June 16, 2018 at 5:06 a.m.

AbbVie and the University of Illinois have partnered to open an innovation center on the university's Urbana-Champaign campus, officials said. The AbbVie Innovation Center, housed in a building in the...

McHenry's Tim Wagner, 16, is hugged by younger brother John, 5, as his mother Ellen, left, brother Chris Jr. and father Chris enjoys their vacation at Disney¿s Animal Kingdom. Tim Wagner was diagnosed at 4 with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a progressive and fatal disease that has no drug treatment available in the US. The FDA has fast-tracked approval of deflazacort, a drug made by Marathon Pharmaceuticals, to treat the rare disease. (Red Huber/Tribune Newspapers)

Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug could get OK for U.S. sales in 2016

June 16, 2018 at 5:08 a.m.

A Northbrook company said it has won fast-track status for approval of a drug that could become the first in the United States to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal...

A Walgreens store in Chicago at Randolph and State Streets.

Walgreens Boots legal chief to step down

June 16, 2018 at 8:10 p.m.

Walgreens Boots Alliance top attorney Thomas Sabatino is the latest executive to leave the company.Sabatino will join Hertz Global Holdings as senior executive vice president, chief administrative officer and general...

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