Business Stories from June 24, 2013 (Change date)
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US Cellular names Meyers as new CEOJun 24, 2013 12:15 pm - Associated Press Wireless carrier U.S. Cellular Corp. has named longtime executive Kenneth Meyers as president and CEO. Meyers succeeds Mary Dillon, who has resigned to ...
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Dunkin’ Donuts, Jersey Mike’s eye Palatine locationJun 24, 2013 11:55 am - More than 18 months after the Palatine village council narrowly turned down a Starbucks and sub shop to fill a long-vacant lot on Northwest Highway, officials soon will ...
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FDA approves Astellas’ Mycamine for injectionJun 24, 2013 11:22 am - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration as approved a supplemental new drug application for the use of Northbrook-based Astellas Pharma U.S. drug Mycamine for injection by...
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TreeHouse Foods to acquire Cains Foods for $35 millionJun 24, 2013 11:22 am - Oak Brook-based Treehouse Foods said it plans to acquire Cains Foods, LP. for approximately $35 million in cash. Cains Foods, a privately owned, Ayer, Mass.-based manufa...
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Boeing to compensate Polish airline for 787sJun 24, 2013 11:14 am - WARSAW, Poland — Boeing will offer compensation to Poland’s national airline for the months-long grounding of its 787 planes, a Polish government official said Monday. T...
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Another Boeing 787 flight cut short on UnitedJun 24, 2013 11:12 am - HOUSTON — United Airlines says another Boeing 787 flight was cut short by a mechanical problem. On Monday a plane leaving Houston bound for Denver turned back to the Hou...
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Neiman Marcus plans to raise up to $100M in IPOJun 24, 2013 11:06 am - NEW YORK — Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus plans to raise up to $100 million from an initial public offering of its common stock. That amount is likely to change, though, ...
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Illiana Expressway touted as ‘vital link’Jun 24, 2013 10:58 am - Governors from Illinois and Indiana kicked off a two-day forum Monday in hopes of attracting potential contractors, laborers and investors for a planned 47-mile expressw...
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Chemical plant fire burning southwest of PeoriaJun 24, 2013 10:45 am - MAPLETON, Ill. — Authorities have opened a state highway as they make progress in fighting a fire at a chemical plant southwest of Peoria. Peoria County communications s...
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Promise of price cut on hospital bills is in limboJun 24, 2013 6:54 am - WASHINGTON — Huge list prices charged by hospitals are drawing increased attention, but a federal law meant to limit what the most financially vulnerable patients can be...