Aurora Business
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State's unemployment drops to 9.9 percent in Aug.Sep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The jobless rate in Illinois was 9.9 percent in August, down from 10.4 percent in July. The Illinois Department of Employment Security on Thursday released new statewide...
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Bench mark Bank freezes credit linesSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - AURORA - Bench mark Bank sent about 300 letters to customers this week that said it has been seeking recapitalization and will suspend advances on all existing credit li...
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Kirk Homes reorganization plan denied; creditors discuss next stepsSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Streamwood-based Kirk Homes has vowed not to shutter its doors just yet. No liquidation order was issued in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday, so the struggling homebuild...
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General Mills sees no need for major acquisitionSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - General Mills Inc. Chief Financial Officer Donal Mulligan said he sees no need for a "transformational" acquisition similar to Kraft Foods Inc.'s proposed takeover of Ca...
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Tellabs rises 8.1 percent as investors bet on 'good news'Sep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Tellabs Inc., the supplier of network technology to AT&T Inc., rose to its highest in almost two years in Nasdaq trading as investors bet customer spending will pick up....
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Proposed federal agency has consumer groups, chambers at oddsSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - In the shadow of the health care reform controversy, President Obama's legislation to create a federal agency to oversee financial companies and their loan products sold...
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ConAgra Foods 1Q profit drops 63 percentSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. -- ConAgra Foods Inc. said Tuesday that its first-quarter profit dropped 63 percent compared with a year earlier -- when it sold a business -- but its adj...
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Caterpillar's dealer sales downSep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Caterpillar Inc. announced Monday that dealer sales of its heavy equipment dropped 48 percent in August. Locally, Caterpillar has operations in Montgomery. The world's l...
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Clothes Mentor store coming to Glendale HeightsSep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Clothes Mentor, an upscale women's resale chain, is expanding to Glendale Heights. The store is expected to open Saturday, Sept. 26, at 146 E. Army Trail Road, just eas...
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BP propane traders cleared of market corneringSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Four men who worked for a U.S.- based unit of BP Plc won dismissal of federal criminal charges that they tried to corner the market for propane gas and manipulate prices...