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Verizon to pay $20 million to settle discrimination suit
Verizon Communications has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit charging the telecommunications giant with failing to accommodate hundreds of workers whose absences were caused by their disabilities. The lawsuit and a consent...Tags: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Unions, Chicago Jobs, Verizon Wireless, Employees
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Sears taking hip-hop to Main Street
Chicago Tribune Staff WriterIn its continuing effort to move to the forefront of fashion, Sears, Roebuck and Co. is putting a spotlight on its urban clothing labels. Sears, based in Hoffman Estates, Ill., is testing a new urban fashion format in major cities across the country,...Tags: Chicago, Master P, Beyonce, Ice-T, Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes
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Retailers extend sales, try to recoup
Sun StaffRetailers are extending Presidents Day sales, restocking shelves with food and other staples and selling off inventory to liquidators after the weekend snowstorm forced hundreds of stores and malls in Baltimore and elsewhere in the northeastern United...Tags: Labor Markets, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Weather Reports, Auction Service, Holidays
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Experience counts in holiday gift giving
Chicago TribuneSince opening a spa with heated marble floors and buttery leather furniture last month, the 61-room Herrington Inn in Geneva has sold about 1,000 gift certificates to the inn's pampering provider. Of those, Sherie McGowan bought five as Christmas gifts...Tags: Plastic Surgery, Parachuting, Blue Man Group, Skydiving, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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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: Homes, Bars and Clubs, Real Estate Sales, Annapolis, First Data Corporation
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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: History, Teaching and Learning, Children, Carroll County (Maryland), Ellicott City
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Robert A. Myers, 82
Robert A. Myers, 82, of Bear, Del., passed away peacefully Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, after a long illness.
Bob was born Oct. 19, 1929, in Williamsport, Md., one of 13 children of Charles and Esther Myers.
He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force during the...Tags: Retirement, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Trips and Vacations, International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions
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It pays to work at Discover
It's easy to forget, but 25 years ago the Discover card was introduced by Sears, Roebuck and Co. during the 1986 Super Bowl.
The commercial included a rising sun and a message: "Few things cost you nothing to get and pay you back every day. But now the...Tags: Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Super Bowl, Chicago Bears, Ceremonies, Discover Financial Services
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Star Track: Joshua Jones
Joshua Jones, a former competitor for Hampton University's track and field team, recently was named one of five winners of the 11th annual John McLendon Memorial Minority Postgraduate Scholarship Awards. The scholarships, $10,000 grants presented to...Tags: National Basketball Association, Colleges and Universities, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Awards and Prizes, Football
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D230 to give $222K refund to Sears
TribLocal - Tinley Park » NewsDistrict 230 will settle with Sears. In a 4-3 vote, the school board agreed to refund Sears, Roebuck and Co. $222,360 over a three-year period …... -
Walmart to open most stores at midnight on Black Friday, plans $298 laptop, $198 TV deal
AP Retail WriterNEW YORK (AP) -- Walmart plans to open most of its stores at midnight the day after Thanksgiving, the company said Monday, becoming the latest in a series of retailers to expand hours to lure in shoppers who want to get a head-start on holiday bargain...Tags: Holidays, Thanksgiving, Television, LEGO Group, Black Friday (shopping)
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Your weekly ScamWatch
Money & CompanyHere’s a weekly roundup of alleged cons, frauds and schemes to watch out for. No relief: A Tacoma, Wash., company that charged up to $899 for a program that falsely promised to reduce consumers’ credit-card debt has agreed to pay......
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