Illinois February retail sales rise 3.3 percent
Illinois retail sales gained 3.31 percent in February from a year earlier led by Metropolitan Chicago at 5.04 percent and Central/Southern Illinois at 4.57 percent. Northern Illinois fell 5.5 percent though department stores statewide rose 3.1 percent with shoes and specialty stores varying by region.
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Illinois
Illinois Retail Merchants Association
Touche Ross
Chicago
Central
Northern Illinois
Southern Illinois
Coca Cola Seen Benefiting If Dollar Drops
Carbondale broker says Coca Cola could gain if the dollar weakens, due to vast overseas holdings. Other picks include IBM Schlumberger General Motors, with emphasis on overseas earnings and long term potential. Drug stocks and overseas operations favored as dollar risk shifts.
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Tony Stevens
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Patrick Burley
Burley Shay Investments
Don Hancock
D.R. Hancock
Gary Parrish
A.G. Edwards
John Purcell
Thomson McKinnon Securities
Squibb
Sterling Drug
Pfizer Co
Gillette
Carbondale BPW Club Wins District Club Of The Year
Carbondale Business and Professional Women’s Club earned the district Club of the Year award from the state BPW organization. President Debbie Moore said the honor, won by 1 of 17 districts, recognizes overall achievement in BPW areas. The chapter to compete for state honors on April 12, built voter registration exceeding 1,000 and created a fundraising friendship quilt.
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Carbondale
Illinois
Curtis-Mathes to Move Into Carbondale IGA Building
Curtis-Mathes Home Entertainment Center will move into the vacant 1620 W Main St building in Carbondale to gain better parking and access. The store could open by mid April and will occupy about one third of the Foodliner building owned by Frank and Charles Owen. The Foodliner has been closed since last spring.
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Boren’s
IGA Foodliner
Carbondale
Curtis-Mathes Home Entertainment Center
W. Main St
Bill Manis
Curtis-Mathes
Frank and Charles Owen
Foodliner
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Chuck
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Coke
Burley
Ohio
Hancock
IBM
Schlumberger
Parrish
General Motors
Purcell
Bank of Lesser
BPW
Desoto
St. Louis
SIPC
West College
A.G. Edwards Investment
IGA
Illinois Dept. of Revenue
Internal Revenue Service
Illinois Dept. of Labor
Illinois Dept. of Commerce & Community Affairs
Small Business Developmental Center
Office Automation
Lillian Greathouse
City
State
Rend Lake College Inc
Rend Lake College
Loose Diamond Sale
Jewelers University
Carbondale, Ill
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