Business Stories from October 21, 2010 (Change date)
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Exelon 3Q profit rises on hot summer; raises viewOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Exelon's its third-quarter net income rose 12 percent as stifling summer heat led more people to crank up their air conditioners. The company also raised its ...
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Chicago-based Ventas to buy Atria real estate assets for $1.5 billionOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Chicago-based Ventas Inc. said Friday it is buying the real estate assets of Atria Senior Living Group for $1.5 billion in cash and stock, giving it a portfolio of 118 ...
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Arlington Rental plans openingOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Arlington Rental in Palatine is hosting a grand opening from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, at its new location at 500 S. Hicks Road. The new business focuses on caterers...
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Verizon posts 25 pct profit drop for 3QOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Verizon says its profit fell 25 percent in the third quarter, held back by a one-time pension settlement. The nation's second biggest phone company said Frid...
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Boeing sales beat 'new normal' pessimism as Fed prepares to actOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Rising sales at companies from Chicago-based Boeing Co. to chipmaker Intel Corp. and railroad CSX Corp. show U.S. businesses are growing even before a boost investors pr...
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Suburban bank among 7 closed by FedsOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Regulators have shut down a total of seven banks in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas and Arizona, lifting to 139 the number of U.S. banks that have fallen...
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Tribune Co. CEO Randy Michaels resignsOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Tribune Co. CEO Randy Michaels resigned Friday, pressured by tales of raunchy behavior that likened him to the ringleader of a college fraternity house. Michaels' decisi...
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Glen Ellyn's Giesche Shoes loses 'matriarch'Oct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - The matriarch of Giesche Shoes stores in Glen Ellyn and Geneva is being remembered by family and friends as a gracious, personable woman who loved meeting people, servin...
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Tribune creditors allowed to sue Zell, shareholdersOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Creditors of Tribune Co. can sue real-estate billionaire Sam Zell, who took the newspaper publisher private in 2007 for more than $8 billion, and shareholders who benefi...
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Amazon to allow lending of Kindle e-booksOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc. is going to allow the lending of e-books purchased from its Kindle Store. The online retailer announced the upcoming feature in a discus...
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