Des Plaines Business
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Motorola sues Iridium companies over $24.7 mil claimFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc. sued two Iridium Communications Inc. units, claiming they owe the U.S. mobile phone maker $24.7 million. In a complaint filed yesterday in a state courthou...
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CME buys 90 percent of Dow Jones index unit for $607 milFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Dow Jones & Co. is selling a 90 percent stake in its stock-market index unit to CME Group for $607.5 million. The joint venture, announced by the companies W...
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Eagerly awaited, Schaumburg Crate & Barrel opens ThursdayFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Whole Foods debut still a couple of months away
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Smurfit-Stone's $1.2 billion loan said to riseFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.'s $1.2 billion term loan to emerge from bankruptcy rose in its first day of trading, according to a person familiar with the matter. The de...
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Allstate reports third straight profit on investmentsFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, reported its third straight quarterly profit on improved investment results and higher underwriti...
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Buffett takes on Chicago chokepoint with Burlington NorthernFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Warren Buffett and Bill Gates face a roadblock on the route toward payoff on their investment in U.S. freight transportation. Chicago, whose railroads made it hog butche...
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Schneider announces systemFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - PALATINE - Schneider Electric Tuesday announced its PlantStruxure architecture, a new collaborative system that allows industrial and infrastructure companies to meet th...
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New stores slated in SkokieFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - SKOKIE - Westfield Old Orchard announced that four new stores are coming to the mall in Skokie this spring. The new stores include BCBG Max Azria, Francesca's Collection...
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Littlefuse reports earningsFeb 08, 2010 10:00 pm - DES PLAINES - Littlefuse Inc. Monday reported an increase in fourth-quarter sales and earnings that beat estimates. Fourth quarter net income totaled $11.7 million, or 5...
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Biggest Boeing 747 ever takes to the skyFeb 07, 2010 10:00 pm - EVERETT, Wash. -- Boeing Co.'s giant 747-8 freighter -- the biggest plane the company has ever built -- took off on its first flight Monday, a year later than originally...