Barrington Hills Business
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Kraft cuts sales forecast, reaffirms Cadbury interestNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Kraft Foods Inc., the maker of Oreo cookies and shredded cheese, lowered its annual sales forecast and said it will remain disciplined in pursuing an acquisition of U.K....
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Moto wins dismissal of Rembrandt suitNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc. and Comcast Corp. were among companies that won a court order dismissing modem-patent infringement claims filed...
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Verizon defeats $1.67 billion pension suitNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Verizon Communications Inc. defeated a group lawsuit over pension payments that may have cost the second-largest U.S. phone company about $1.67 billion. Verizon has oper...
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Bankrupt Neumann Homes sues towns to return impact feesNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Neumann Homes Inc., which had been one of the 10 largest homebuilders in the Chicago area before filing bankruptcy last year, has sued more than two dozen municipal gove...
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Walgreens sees sales increase of nearly 5 percentNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Walgreens reported October sales increased nearly 5 percent at stores open at least a year. Looking at all its stores, the Deerfield company reported overall sales of $...
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Tribune Co. newspapers won't use AP next weekNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Tribune Co., owner of The Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times and several other news outlets, will not use most Associated Press content next week to test whether the...
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Tribune to end ownership plan, start profit sharingNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Tribune Co., the newspaper publisher that filed for bankruptcy protection in December, said it will replace the employee stock-ownership plan it began in December 2007 w...
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Smurfit-Stone shareholders want more say in reorganizationNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - SSmurfit-Stone Container Corp. shareholders renewed their fight for a court-approved role in reorganizing the bankrupt packaging maker, arguing that an improving econom...
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CNA swings to profit on fewer stormsNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - CNA Financial Corp., the business insurer controlled by Loews Corp., swung to a third-quarter profit on fewer hurricane claims and improved investment income. Net income...
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Study: Abbott's Niaspan reduces arteries' plaque buildupNov 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Combining Abbott Laboratories' cholesterol pill Niaspan with an older medicine, called a statin, reduced plaque buildup more than the statin alone, a study found. Patien...