Illinois Business Journal is a monthly publication covering news and information in the Metro East, Southwestern Illinois, Central Illinois and the St. Louis Metropolitan area. http://www.ibjonline.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:12:15 -0600 Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:12:15 -0600 FeedForAll v1.0 (1.0.2.0) unlicensed version http://www.ibjonline.com/images/ibjrss.gif http://www.ibjonline.com/ Illinois Business Journal 144 38 The Illinois Casino Gaming Association is considering mounting a legal challenge to legislation recently passed by the Illinois General Assembly to tax riverboat gambling and give the proceeds to the horseracing industry, according to Tom Swoik, executive director of the ICGA. http://www.ibjonline.com/print_illinois_casino_gaming_assoc.html?from_rss=1 ALAN J. ORTBALS Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:12:15 -0600 Illinois Business Journal, Inc. Rising healthcare costs, excessive tax burden and the rising cost of materials are the top concerns of small business, according to a report released last year by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Statistics and Research Center. http://www.ibjonline.com/print_rising_healthcare_costs.html?from_rss=1 ALAN J. ORTBALS Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:12:15 -0600 Illinois Business Journal, Inc. Always Low Prices. Always. If retail kingpin Wal-Mart gets a "yes" from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that it can have an industrial loan company charter and mix commerce with banking, could its low-price offerings also include financial products sometime in the near future? http://www.ibjonline.com/print_walmart_fdic_bank_charter.html?from_rss=1 KERRY L. SMITH Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:12:15 -0600 Illinois Business Journal, Inc.