Des Plaines Business
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PepsiCo 3Q profit climbs on cost cuts; sales fallOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- PepsiCo Inc. said Thursday that its fiscal third-quarter profit rose 9 percent, in part on cost-control efforts, even as revenue dropped on weak beverage sa...
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Recovery under way, but uncertain, economist tells suburban gatheringOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - The economic recovery has begun, but how strong it will be is still up in the air, economist Robert Genetski told more than 400 people at an economic forecast breakfast ...
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Boeing wins 11 Orders for 737sOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Boeing Co. won 11 new orders for 737s from unidentified customers. The information was released on the company’s Web site. ...
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Injured Des Plaines woman nets $7 million in settlement with TargetOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - An 81-year-old Des Plaines woman claimed $7 million in a settlement with Target this week over a 2007 mishap with an automatic door at a store in Rosemont. According to ...
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Would-be bidder on Sun-Times says he was blockedOct 06, 2009 11:00 pm - There's no one else interested in buying the bankrupt Chicago Sun-Times. Or is there? Chicago-area businessman Thane Ritchie wants a judge to reopen bidding for the stor...
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Verizon Wireless, Google in Android partnershipOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Verizon Wireless and Google Inc. are teaming up to tackle the challenge posed by the iPhone, saying they will collaborate closely to create wireless devices ...
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Lower heating costs forecast for Nicor customers this winterOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Suburban natural gas customers could see lower heating bills this winter. With falling market prices for natural gas and a warmer winter predicted, experts said Monday t...
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Merisant wins support for reorg planOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Merisant Worldwide Inc., the closely held maker of Equal artificial sweeteners, won support from its unsecured creditors committee after modifying its reorganization pla...
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Airlines improve on-time arrivals in AugustOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Arriving on-time was just a little bit easier for airline passenger traveling in August. The Transportation Department said on Tuesday that 79.7 percent o...
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Airlines expand $10 surcharge on busy travel daysOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Several big airlines have added $10 surcharges for busy days around the holidays, making days that already tended to be expensive to fly a little more cos...