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...month earlier and half a world away, a team of quality-control specialists from Baxter International, the big multinational health-care company (2007 sales: $11.26 billion) based in Deerfield, Ill., arrived in Zhejiang province, China, about two hours by car from Shanghai, to inspect a facility owned by one of its key suppliers. CZ-SPL is a joint venture controlled by Scientific Protein Laboratories LLC (SPL), a Waunakee, Wis., company started in 1976 by Oscar Meyer, of hot-dog fame. (The connection: pigs naturally produce proteins used in pharmaceuticals.) CZ-SPL makes a key ingredient, what in the pharmaceutical business...
...over-the-counter drugs, according to WSL Strategic Retail's How America Shops 2008 survey. Walgreens leads the drugstore sector in sales and profits with 1,600 24-hour stores (out of their 6,237 outlets), convenient locations and easy online access. In the first quarter of 2008, the Deerfield, Ill.-based chain reported a 5.5% increase in earnings and a record $14 billion in sales...
...endorsement was a reflection of the authentic respect McCain and Giuliani have for each other. But that's not all the two candidates share. The endorsement deal was solidifed when both campaigns stayed at the Deerfield Hilton in Florida, following the Republican debate in Boca Raton on January 24. The two campaigns' staff mingled easily over drinks. Acknowledging that his candidate was not likely to survive a defeat in Florida, a Giuliani aide approached one of the McCain senior staffers. Come Wednesday, he said, "Just tell us what want us to do - we've got to stop...
...still leaves many skeptical of his foreign policy credentials, at least some voters are drawn to Obama because of his time abroad. "I lived abroad as a young child and I know what a lasting impact on the way I looked at the world," said Rebecca Hutchinson, 54, from Deerfield, New Hampshire, after attending a house party for Obama in August. Hutchinson, who works on the Democratic staff of the New Hampshire House Minority Leader - a Clinton supporter -spent third and fourth grades in Pakistan, and she sees Obama as the only candidate who can undo the damage done...
...high school football history: With two minutes to go in a semifinal playoff game on Dec. 7 at Miami's Orange Bowl, the hitherto undefeated state champion Miami Northwestern Bulls were watching their season - and their ranking as the nation's top high school football team - slip away. The Deerfield Beach Bucks were leading 14-12 in the game, and had the ball on Northwestern's 1-yard line. But the Bulls not only kept the Bucks out of the end zone, they marched 99 yards with just one timeout left, converting two fourth-down plays, to score the winning...