AAA Chicago: Thanksgiving Travel to Increase from Last Year

AURORA, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AAA projected 38.4 million Americans will be traveling 50 miles or more away from home over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend; a 1.4 percent increase over last year when 37.8 million traveled. In Illinois, just over 2 million people will be traveling this holiday weekend; an increase of 4 percent from 2008. In Indiana, there will be 818,000 total travelers this year; an increase of 3 percent over Thanksgiving weekend 2008. The number of travelers by automobile is ex

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Strack and Van Til Becomes the Fifth Retailer to Select Park City Group’s Consumer Driven Sales OptimizationTM Solution in 2009

PARK CITY, Utah–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Park City Group (OTCBB: PCYG), a developer of patented retail supply chain solutions and services, today announced that Strack and Van Til, a grocery retailer with stores spanning Illinois and Indiana, has signed on to become the fifth grocery retailer to implement Park City Group’s Consumer Driven Sales Optimization™ (CDSO) solution in 2009. Strack and Van Til selected Park City Group’s CDSO platform in order to capture, manage, analyze and sh

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Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP Files Class Action Suit against The Boeing Company

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Coughlin Stoia”) (http://www.csgrr.com/cases/boeing/) today announced that a class action has been commenced on behalf of an institutional investor in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on behalf of purchasers of The Boeing Company (“Boeing”) (NYSE:BA) common stock during the period between May 4, 2009 and June 22, 2009 (the “Class Period”). If you

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Chicago Transit Authority Staves Off Fare Hike With $166 Million Loan

Kris Alingod – AHN Contributor Chicago, IL (AHN) – The Chicago Transit Authority has reached an agreement with the Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and the Regional Transportation Authority that will keep it from implementing a fare hike of as much as 33 percent for some bus routes. Fares were due to increase in February because of a $300 million budget shortfall brought about by the recession and labor contracts. The deal involves the Regional Transportation Authority borrowing $83 million in 2010 and again in 2011, and using these to issue bonds for capital projects so the CTA can direct its funds appropriated for projects to its operations. How the CTA plans to pay for the debt is unclear, but the state government has agreed to help pay the debt with $15 million over the next two years. “Any subsequent debt service assistance will be evaluated on an annual basis,” the governor’s office said. Last month, CTA President Richard Rodriguez presented a 2010 budget that proposed to raise bus fare by 11 percent to $2.50. Fares for rail service and express bus routes, which have fewer stops, were set to cost $3.00, or 33 percent more. The budget included laying off 100 non-union administrative posts and 1,000 union positions. It aimed to cut bus service by a total of 18 percent, and rail service by nine percent. Express buses on nine routes would be stopped since they have a corresponding local service. The agency had cited a 30 percent decrease in public funding, which is generated from sales and real estate taxes. Next year’s revenues are estimated to be $213 million lower because of the recession, the CTA had said. Contracts with unions are also anticipated to set back the agency with 3.5 percent wage increase this year, as will increases in pension bond interest and employee contributions. The CTA said in announcing its agreement on Wednesday that it was still in discussions with agencies about how to keep service cuts at a minimum, and about a long-term solution to its budget crisis. Jim Reilly, chairman of the board of directors of the Regional Transportation Authority, has told the Chicago Public Radio, “To do the large fare increase less than a year after the last fare increase, at the same time that they would having to implement very large service cuts, would just be devastating to the system.” Article © AHN – All Rights Reserved

Attorney Michael J. Gravlin Files Lawsuit Against Chicago Nursing Home Alleging Negligence Resulted in Schizophrenic Grandmother’s Pregnancy

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A lawsuit filed by Chicago attorney Michael J. Gravlin alleges a Chicago nursing home violated the Illinois Nursing Home Care Act by allegedly failing to prevent an employee or resident from engaging in sexual activity with a female resident, who suffers from mental illness including schizophrenia. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court, claims Monroe Pavilion Health and Treatment Center allegedly failed to protect the 42-year-old resident who is n

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Wells Fargo Commercial Banking Increases Focus on Illinois, Names Lisa Johnson Regional Head

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To satisfy the financial needs of more commercial customers in Illinois, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) said today it has named Lisa N. Johnson as regional head for Commercial Banking in Illinois and southeast Wisconsin. She is based in Chicago and reports to Richard J. Kerbis, head of Commercial Banking’s Midwest Division. Johnson, who led Wells Fargo Business Credit’s Central Region, will be responsible for building Wells Fargo Commercial Banking

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Chicago Remains Top Destination for AAA Five Diamond Dining

AURORA, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Chicago has more AAA Five Diamond-rated restaurants than any other city in the country. With seven Five Diamond restaurants, Chicago tops the list in the ultimate dining experience. Chicago also has nine total Five Diamond establishments, including two hotels, making Illinois fifth among the states with the most Five Diamond establishments. “All Five Diamond establishments offer exemplary surroundings and service,” said Brad Roeber, regional president,

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Company Profile for The Eclipse Group, LLP

–(BUSINESS WIRE)–INNOVATIVE. PERSONAL. EFFECTIVE. The Eclipse Group is a Martindale-Hubbell® AV rated national intellectual property law firm with offices strategically located in several key industry and innovation hubs within the United States, including Los Angeles, West Lake Village, Irvine and San Diego, California; Chicago, Illinois; and Durham, North Carolina. Since its inception in 2002, the vision of The Eclipse Group has been to cultivate an environment in which the firm can ach

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Acacia Subsidiary Authorizes McKesson to Use Document Generation Technology

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTG) announced today that its Document Generation Corporation subsidiary has entered into an agreement with McKesson Information Solutions LLC covering a portfolio of patents that apply to document generation technology. This agreement resolves the parties’ disputes pending in the District Courts for the Southern District of Illinois and the Eastern District of Texas. ABOUT ACACIA RESEARCH CORPORATION Acacia Rese

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A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of Illinois Mutual Life Insurance Company; Outlook Revised to Stable

OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating to “bbb+” from “a-” of Illinois Mutual Life Insurance Company (Illinois Mutual) (Peoria, IL). The outlook has been revised to stable from negative. These rating actions reflect A.M. Best’s concerns over Illinois Mutual’s modest risk-adjusted capital position, elevated level of risk within its investment portf

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