Des Plaines Business
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Mayer Brown fires 28 attorneys, 47 staffApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Mayer Brown LLP, a Chicago-based law firm, fired 28 attorneys and 47 staff, Chairman Herbert Krueger Jr. said in an e-mail to the firm yesterday. "Prudent management req...
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Continental may be better match for United Airlines, analysts sayApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Continental Airlines Inc. would make the best merger partner for United Airlines, creating the world's largest carrier, should the pair restart talks that fizzled in 200...
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Citadel's bonds boss to leaveApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Brad Begle, who ran convertible bonds at Citadel Investment Group LLC, is leaving Kenneth Griffin's $12.5 billion hedge-fund firm at the end of the month. Begle, who tur...
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Verizon CEO 'baffling' on wireless web, FCC saysApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Verizon Communications Inc. Chief Executive Officer Ivan Seidenberg was "rather baffling" when he questioned U.S. plans to devote more airwaves to wireless Web service, ...
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UAL, US Air merger would reshape industry, cut seatsApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - A merger between UAL Corp.'s United Airlines and US Airways Group Inc. would reshape the U.S. industry and cut seating capacity as an improving economy rekindles travel ...
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UAL, US Airways shares rise after reports cite merger talksApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- News that United Airlines and US Airways are in talks about combining was met with approval by shareholders and analysts Thursday. Passengers may feel dif...
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Two ex-Siemens managers to stand trial in corruption caseApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Two former managers at Siemens AG will have to stand trial over allegations of breach of trust and aiding bribery, as part of an investigation into a corporate scandal a...
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Holiday Inn Naperville faces foreclosureApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Investors - including many from the suburbs - that backed the Holiday Inn Select in Naperville are being sued for about $20 million as the hotel faces foreclosure. A gro...
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Mount Prospect's Bosch sued over table sawApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - A Chicago man sued Mount Prospect's Bosch Tool Corp. Wednesday over being injured by what he charged was an unnecessarily unsafe table saw. The suit, filed by Marek Kolo...
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Airbus deliveries top Boeing's in first quarterApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Airbus SAS, the world's largest commercial aircraft producer, delivered 13 percent more planes in the first quarter of 2010 than Boeing Co., which ended production last ...