Business Stories from February 25, 2009 (Change date)
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Insurance firm moves 46 jobsFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG - American Family Insurance is relocating 46 jobs from Schaumburg to Peoria as the company combines the two offices. Combining the two claim offices, which wi...
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Orders for big-ticket goods weaker than expectedFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Manufacturers saw orders for big-ticket goods plunge by a bigger-than-expected 5.2 percent in January as global economic troubles cut into demand from cust...
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Yahoo CFO leaving in management shake-upFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo Inc.'s chief financial officer is leaving the troubled Internet pioneer in a management shake-up that signals the company's new chief executive is...
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Sears 4Q profit falls 55 percent on charges, closing 24 storesFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Sears Holdings Corp., the largest U.S. department-store chain, said fourth-quarter profit fell 55 percent after holiday sales plunged and the company wrote down the valu...
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Successful e-mail marketing means going back to basicsFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - This should be the time for e-mail to come to the fore as a low-cost, slam dunk effective marketing tool - unless your e-mails go to the SPAM box. Or, says Jordan Ayan, ...
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Motorola says it will sell Arlington Heights campusFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc. said Wednesday it plans to put its once-bustling Arlington Heights campus on the block and lease back some buildings. The Schaumburg-based communications c...
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Report: Insurer AIG could be split into 3 unitsFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Beleaguered insurer American International Group Inc. could be split into at least three separate government-controlled divisions in an effort to save...
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Nicor earnings top analysts' estimatesFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Nicor Inc. said Wednesday that it has struggled with cost increases that prompted its pending request for higher utility rates. The holding company for Nicor Gas said e...
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Exelon says 51% of NRG shares tendered for takeoverFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Exelon Corp. said 51 percent of NRG Energy Inc. holders tendered their shares in support of its $5.5 billion takeover bid that would create the largest U.S. power produc...
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Local mayor hopeful testifies in D.C. on worker retirementsFeb 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Streamwood village president candidate Jason Speer testified Wednesday before a Congressional committee to encourage help for small businesses so they can offer retireme...