Business Stories from January 5, 2012 (Change date)
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Credit downgrade doesn’t faze Lombard officialsJan 05, 2012 11:00 pm - Standard & Poor’s downgraded the village of Lombard’s issuer credit rating to BBB from AA after the village board last week voted not to pay almost $1 million to help th...
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Dow Chemical picks UOP to provide technology for U.S. facilityJan 05, 2012 11:00 pm - PRNewswire Des Plaines-based UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, said it has been selected by The Dow Chemical Company to provide technology to produce propylene a...
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ComEd plans $233 million start to ‘smart grid’ upgrade this yearJan 05, 2012 11:00 pm - CHICAGO — ComEd filed with the Illinois Commerce Commission its 10-year, $2.6 billion plan to upgrade the system’s infrastructure to accommodate new “smart grid” and dig...
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Pernix Group announces new senior managementJan 05, 2012 11:00 pm - Lombard-based Pernix Group Inc. announced that Gregg Pollack and Scott Finch have joined the management team as chief financial officer and vice president — administrati...
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Survival app aims to help drivers in winter stormsJan 05, 2012 10:00 pm - FARGO, N.D. — When a powerful blizzard ripped through North Dakota last winter, hundreds of drivers were stranded as white-out conditions shuttered interstates spanning ...
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Higher prices help 2011 concert ticket revenueJan 05, 2012 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Higher concert ticket prices boosted revenue from the top 50 worldwide tours last year despite a drop in the number of tickets sold. Trade magazine Pollsta...
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Economy likely ended 2011 with solid job growthJan 05, 2012 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. job market strengthened in the second half of 2011, and December is expected to cap a solid finish. Economists forecast that employers added a net ...
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Feds: Ex-P&G and Goldman board member acted aloneJan 05, 2012 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — The government has found no evidence that a wealthy hedge fund founder got inside information about Procter & Gamble and Goldman Sachs from anyone other than ...
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Pending St. Charles development has dirty land to deal withJan 05, 2012 10:00 pm - While approval for the proposed new Lexington Club neighborhood in St. Charles is far from assured, the city at least wants the property cleaned up — and there's much to...
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The 'CES curse?' Gadget show has poor recordJan 05, 2012 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — The largest trade show in the Americas must be a great place to show off new products, right? Wrong. The International Consumer Electronics Show is quickly be...