Elgin Business
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Microsoft readies Oak Brook store for Thursday's grand openingOct 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Tech fans will have yet another toy store to revel in as the upcoming holiday season approaches. Microsoft Corp. opens its 4,400-square-foot retail store in Oak Brook Ce...
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McKesson to acquire U.S. Oncology in $2.16 bil. dealOct 31, 2010 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- McKesson Corp. said Monday it will acquire US Oncology in an all-cash deal it valued at $2.16 billion. McKesson, a San Francisco medical company that sp...
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General Growth's new CEO gets $1.2 mil. base salaryOct 31, 2010 11:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc., the shopping-mall company planning to exit bankruptcy this month, will pay new Chief Executive Officer Sandeep Mathrani a $1.2 million ba...
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Father of former Sen. Fitzgerald diesOct 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Gerald F. Fitzgerald, the father of former U.S. Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, led a life as varied as it was successful, proving an influential innovator in the Illinois bankin...
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Exelon, ETA to develop $1.6 billion transmission extensionOct 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Exelon Corp., Electric Transmission America and American Electric Power said Monday they have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop an extra high-voltage trans...
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Federal Signal names ex-ITW exec CEOOct 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Federal Signal Corp., a maker of traffic cameras that track license plates, fell the most in six weeks in New York trading after the company said Chief Executive Officer...
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Northern Trust sells $500 mil. in 10-year notesOct 31, 2010 11:00 pm - Northern Trust Corp., the third- largest U.S. independent custody bank, sold $500 million of 10- year senior holding company notes, according to a person familiar with t...
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Tribune faces new challenges to restructuring planOct 29, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Tribune Co., struggling to get out of bankruptcy protection, faces a new round of challenges from creditors unhappy with the media company's latest plan to r...
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India backs off on Blackberry ban threatOct 29, 2010 11:00 pm - MUMBAI, India -- India has followed the United Arab Emirates in backing off from a threat to ban popular services on Blackberry devices, amid growing global concern over...
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Apple sues Motorola over smartphone patentsOct 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Apple Inc. filed a lawsuit in Wisconsin yesterday saying Motorola Inc.'s smartphones infringe the iPhone maker's intellectual property. The nine-page complaint lists thr...