Barrington Hills Business
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Schaumburg-based Sprint affiliate sues over Virgin dealSep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc. is asking an Illinois court to block the wireless provider's planned acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA Inc. Th...
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Agrium raising cash during CF Industries takeover bidSep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Agrium Inc., North America's third- largest fertilizer producer, said it may raise as much as $1 billion by issuing various securities as it attempts to acquire competit...
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Piano teacher expands to studioSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS - Sally Haas is expanding her business teaching piano lessons from her home to a studio at 1806 E. Northwest Hwy. in Arlington Heights. Haas started he...
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Abbott to buy maker of heart valve repair devices for $400 millionSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories said it agreed to buy Evalve Inc., the maker of heart valve repair devices, for as much as $410 million. Libertyville Township-based Abbott will pay ...
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Cadbury investors consider Kraft's $16 million purchase bidSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Cadbury Plc investors including Mario Gabelli support the logic of Kraft Foods Inc.'s $16 billion bid for the British candy maker. They just want Kraft Chief Executive O...
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Grumman partners with SalexSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - ROLLING MEADOWS - Northrop Grumman Corp. announced the formation of a strategic alliance with SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, to compete for the U.S. Army's Commo...
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Tyree: I can save 1,200 'nicely-paying jobs' at Sun-TimesSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - James C. Tyree, head of a group that made a bid to pay $25 million for Sun-Times Media Group Inc., the bankrupt publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times, said the offer could ...
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Motorola introduces Google Android phoneSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The new social networking smartphone called Motorola Cliq launched Thursday and carries the hope of capturing the Facebook generation to boost the struggling Schaumburg-...
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Poland airline threatens to dump 787 DreamlinerSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT SA, Poland's national airline, said it may consider alternatives to Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner should the airplane maker further push back plan...
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Grainger reports sales drop 13 percent this August over lastSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Grainger, based in Lake Forest, reported sales results for the month of August declined 13 percent versus August 2008, primarily the result of weak demand across all cus...