By Sandra M. Jones | The cash-for-appliances rebate funds program in Illinois will have run its course in less than 11 hours Friday. Shoppers turned out by the thousands to buy refrigerators, dishwashers and washing machines.
The state of Illinois expects to have used all of the $6.5 million federal funds allotted for the program by 7 p.m., according to the Illinois Retail Merchants Association.
Some 670 stores in Illinois competed for the 15 percent rebates for select energy-efficient appliances — part of a federal stimulus program aimed at reviving the recession-battered appliance business.
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