Des Plaines Business
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Ratings shift on Baxter, Navistar, GraingerMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Baxter International Inc. (BAX US) was downgraded to "Hold" from "Buy" at Argus by equity analyst David Toung. Baxter is based in Deerfield. W.W. Grainger Inc. (GWW US)...
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Playboy 'readers' get 3-D centerfold in June editionMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Playboy readers who can only imagine what it would look like if a centerfold jumped right off the page are getting new specs to help them see into Hef's world. The magaz...
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Insurance company to move into long-empty Palatine fast-food siteMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - More than 10 years after the Checkers fast-food restaurant stopped serving burgers, fries and shakes in Palatine, another business has stepped up with plans to open in t...
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C-17 assembly workers strike Boeing in Long BeachMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Boeing Co. workers who assemble C-17 planes went on strike Tuesday, shutting down the production line for the jumbo cargo jets in a feud over medic...
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Allstate will be careful in boosting dividend, CFO Civgin saysMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, said economic uncertainty prevents the company from committing to a timetable for increasing its ...
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Trouble at UAL-affiliated GulfstreamMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Gulfstream International Group Inc., the parent of Gulfstream International Airlines Inc., has a going-concern qualification from the auditors. The accountants have "sub...
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Retiring Schaumburg SBA president lauded as businesses' helping handMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Laurie Stone's lifelong enthusiasm and optimism have helped carry the hopes of Schaumburg area business owners through a decade that will hardly be remembered as the eco...
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How 10 suburban investors were duped out of savings by one brokerMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Sharon Schmidt of Gurnee drove a bus for a living until an accident forced her into disability. She and her husband, a computer technician, had depended on her niece's e...
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General Growth stock rises as quarterly cash flow improvesMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc. gained in New York trading after the U.S. Mall owner, which is working to emerge from bankruptcy, said it reduced writedowns. The shares r...
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Simon 'disappointed' in General Growth decisionMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - The bankruptcy judge saw no reason to second-guess the business judgment of mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. and named a group composed of Brookfield Asset Mana...