Barrington Hills Business
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CF issues new $4.74 billion offer for TerraMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- CF Industries made a new $4.74 billion offer for Terra Industries on Tuesday, just six weeks after vowing to end its hostile pursuit of the fertilizer produc...
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Unemployed worried about loss of extended benefitsMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Ken Hajduk of Mount Prospect made his career in the association management field and, more recently, at a company involved with trade shows. But the slowdown of the conv...
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General Growth's Brookfield plan risky, creditors sayMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc. may be prejudiced in favor of a risky bid from Brookfield Asset Management Inc. because of that company's agreement with William Ackman's ...
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HSBC profit rises 2 percent to $5.8 billionFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - LONDON -- HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe's largest bank, reported Monday that full-year profit rose 2 percent as sharply lower operating costs helped offset an increase in lo...
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Six Flags management may be on the way outFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Incumbent management of Six Flags Inc. evidently will lose their jobs if holding company noteholders succeed in taking over the theme-park operator by winning confirmati...
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Baxter to buy bone graft developerFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Baxter International Inc. announced it would buy a London developer of next generation bone graft material for up to $330 million. The Deerfield-based company said it wi...
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Court rejects Exelon's $80 million tax caseFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a bid by Exelon Corp., the biggest U.S. utility owner by market value, for $80 million in credits on its Illinois taxes. The justices tod...
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General Growth pushes back against class action suitFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc. filed a motion in bankruptcy court seeking to hold a stockholder named James Young and his lawyers in contempt for filing a shareholders' ...
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Walgreen to restructures pharmacy, services businessesFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Walgreen Co., the largest U.S. drug- store chain, said it will restructure its health-care businesses to save money and that Stanley B. Blaylock, president of the health...
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Sound firm leaves Cook County in rearview mirrorFeb 27, 2010 10:00 pm - Noise Barriers is a company that specializes in sealing off unwanted sounds, but it recently decided that no buffer was good enough to protect it from the unwanted taxes...