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Walgreens changes restroom policy | Toys R Us liquidation | Dunkin' ditches foam cups

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February 7, 2018

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Walgreens changes restroom policy after customer discrimination complaint

Wednesday, Feb 7

Walgreens has adopted a companywide policy that allows people to use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity after a customer said she was discriminated against at a California store.

Illinois attorney general: Workers would be hurt by 'outrageous' proposed rule change

Attorney General Lisa Madigan and 16 other state attorneys general have banded together in opposition to a proposed federal rule change that they say would allow employers to pocket the hard-earned tips of hourly workers.

Super Bowl Sunday just became a paid holiday for these school bus drivers

Bus drivers for Chicago Public Schools ratified a union contract that raises wages, has new insurance coverage — and makes Super Bowl Sunday a paid holiday.

Toys R Us starting liquidation sales at 144 stores, including 6 in Chicago area

Liquidation sales start today at closing Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores, but the list includes fewer locations than the chain first sought to shutter.

Tronc announces deal to sell LA Times to billionaire investor

Tronc has agreed to sell the Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune and other California based assets to Los Angeles biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong for $500 million in cash.

Dunkin' Donuts to stop using foam cups by 2020

Foam cups at Dunkin' Donuts will soon be history, removing what the company estimates will be a billion of them each year from the waste stream.

Ben & Jerry's latest to go low-calorie to take on Halo Top

The competition among low-calorie ice creams is heating up.

Tax cut, bonuses for workers? Many businesses not sure yet

Small business owners may want to hand out bonuses and raises now that there's a new tax law, but many don't know if they'll have any wealth to share.

Experts advise nervous investors to chill out after Dow plunge

After several days of wild mood swings, the stock market has finally chilled out. And so should investors, experts say.

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