Des Plaines Business
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Christmas lights in short supply on suburban shelvesDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Suburban residents looking to add an extra strand of Christmas lights to the tree or replace burned out icicles hanging from the roof may be out of luck. Retailers are f...
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Smurfit claims up from 40s to 60s in tradingDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - During November, 902 claims were traded, according to reports filed with the country's bankruptcy courts. The aggregate face amount of the claims was $418 million. Unsec...
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Chicago Board Options Exchange to go public this summerDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Directors of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, the largest U.S. equity derivatives market, approved shedding its members-only structure and becoming a public company. ...
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Boeing completes first tests for 747-8 enginesDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - EVERETT, Wash. -- Boeing Co. said Wednesday that it has completed the first tests on engines for its 747-8 freighter, moving the delay-plagued jet one step closer to a f...
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Boeing start final testing for 787Dec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Boeing Co. has started "final gauntlet" testing on its first 787 jetliner, an important step before the new plane makes its first flight. In an e-mail Wednesd...
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Hartmarx to sell idle Michigan City plantDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Hartmarx Corp., the Chicago-based men's suit maker that sold the business in August, will undertake the sale of a former distribution facility in Michigan City, Indiana,...
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High Court questions Conrad Black's convictionDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned the conviction of Conrad Black, the former Hollinger Inc. chairman who is serving a 6½-year prison sentence for mail fraud and obs...
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Pepsi Bottlers win preliminary class-action suit approvalDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. and PepsiAmericas Inc. won preliminary approval to settle a class- action lawsuit filed by investors challenging a buyout bid by PepsiCo Inc., ...
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Chicago's Joffco Square file Chapter 11Dec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - River West Plaza-Chicago LLC, the owner of the Joffco Square shopping center on West Roosevelt Road in Chicago, filed a Chapter 11 petition on Dec. 7 in its hometown aft...
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General Growth expands bankruptcy planDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Shopping-center owner General Growth Properties Inc. said in a court filing yesterday that holders of 30 more mortgages decided to join in the Chapter 11 plan filed Dec....