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Business Stories from April 8, 2010 (Change date)

Navistar raises expectations

Apr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Warrenville-based Navistar International Corp. has raised its projection of earnings for its 2010 fiscal year ending Oct. 31. Navistar said net income attributable to th...
Flight attendants against UAL-US Airways tie-up

Apr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Some of the biggest unions at United Airlines and US Airways are signaling opposition to the idea of combining the two carriers. The union that represents...
Tribune settles buyout dispute with some creditors

Apr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Tribune Co. said it settled a dispute among its main creditors by giving 91 percent of the bankrupt publisher to lenders and a smaller stake to other creditors. The prop...
CDC: Cigarette taxes rose in 14 states last year

Apr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Fourteen states, the nation's capital and the federal government hiked their cigarette taxes last year, but health officials worry that tobacco company disco...
Foster explains unpopular votes at session with business owners

By James Fuller
Apr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Congressman Bill Foster took Geneva Chamber of Commerce members through a primer on the state of the economy Thursday morning and, in doing so, revealed further insight ...
Steak n Shake parent company name change approved

Apr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS -- Steak n Shake Co. shareholders have approved changing the parent company's name to Biglari Holdings Inc. Shareholders approved the name change Thursday ...
Oil prices settle below $85 a barrel

Apr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Oil prices fell Friday for a third day, dropping below $85 as traders questioned whether Americans were burning enough fuel to justify higher prices. Benchma...
McDonald's CEO received 29 percent raise last year

Apr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - The CEO of McDonald's Corp., the nation's largest hamburger chain, received compensation valued at $17.6 million for 2009, an increase of 29 percent, according to a regu...
Motorola among companies sued in iPad Bluetooth patent case

Apr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Wi-Lan Inc., the Ottawa-based owner of patents for wireless technology, sued Apple Inc., the maker of the iPad tablet, and 18 other computer and phone makers, including ...
Mayer Brown fires 28 attorneys, 47 staff

Apr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Mayer Brown LLP, a Chicago-based law firm, fired 28 attorneys and 47 staff, Chairman Herbert Krueger Jr. said in an e-mail to the firm yesterday. "Prudent management req...

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