Business Stories from July 24, 2013 (Change date)
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Innovation Group to move call center to Rolling MeadowsJul 24, 2013 10:23 am - The Innovation Group plc said it will relocate call center operations, which primarily provide first notice of loss service, from Springfield, Mass. to its North America...
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OfficeMax CFO resigns, replacement namedJul 24, 2013 10:25 am - Naperville-based OfficeMax Inc. announced Bruce Besanko, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will leave the company to become the executive vice presid...
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AAR modifies 2 Boeing 737s for U.S. Marshals ServiceJul 25, 2013 7:30 am - The U.S. Marshals Service has signed a purchase commitment with Wood Dale-based AAR Corp. for two Boeing 737-400 aircraft for delivery in September. In addition to findi...
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Boeing 2Q profit tops expectations; boosts outlookJul 25, 2013 5:39 am - Chicago-based Boeing posted a bigger-than-expected second-quarter profit as it ramped up deliveries of commercial planes like its 737 and 787. Boeing’s net income rose 1...
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Obama keeps returning to layoffs-plagued GalesburgJul 24, 2013 1:38 pm - Associated Press Ever since his first campaign for U.S. Senate, President Barack Obama has been returning to Galesburg — a small Illinois town where household incomes st...
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Feds update plan to protect Great Lakes from carpJul 25, 2013 7:28 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A federal plan for keeping hungry Asian carp from reaching the valuable fish populations of the Great Lakes calls for reinforcing electrical and o...
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Caterpillar 2Q profit falls 43 pct; cuts outlookJul 25, 2013 8:22 am - PEORIA — Caterpillar says its second-quarter profit fell 43 percent as dealers cut inventories more than it had anticipated and the company cut its profit and revenue ou...
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BBB warns seniors of medical alert phone scamJul 25, 2013 7:54 am - The Better Business Bureau is warning senior citizens about a phone scam promising them a free medical alert system. The agency says the automated calls claim that someo...
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Chicago City Council approves $500 million Wrigley Field renovationsJul 27, 2013 1:33 pm - Chicago’s City Council gave final approval Wednesday to a $500 million renovation of historic Wrigley Field that includes its first massive Jumbotron, improved facilitie...
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O'Hare modernization work gets $65 million grantJul 25, 2013 7:28 am - The federal government has awarded a $65 million grant for runway construction as part of the massive project to modernize Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. U.S. R...