Green Oaks Business
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CF Industries sweetens takeover bid for TerraDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Deerfield-based CF Industries Holdings Inc. has sweetened its hostile takeover offer for rival fertilizer maker Terra Industries Inc. by 12 percent to $4.6 billion, boos...
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Cadbury to respond to Kraft offer next weekDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- Cadbury PLC said Monday it plans to publish its formal response to a $16.3 billion hostile takeover offer from Kraft Foods Inc. on Dec. 14. Kraft, the maker of...
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Six Flags creditors lose bid to reorganize companyDec 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Creditors of Six Flags Inc., the bankrupt theme-park owner, were denied the chance to file a reorganization plan that would compete with a company proposal. U.S. Bankrup...
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Hershey, Nestle may challenge Kraft's Cadbury offerDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Hershey Co. and Nestle SA have been in contact about Cadbury Plc and may challenge an offer by Kraft Foods Inc., said two people familiar with the talks. An agreement be...
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Hospira expands portfolioDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Lake Forest-based Hospira Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company, announced the launch of its next-generation 50 mL and 100 mL VisIV con...
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Plans go ahead for Sunset Grove centerDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Ground has been broken at Sunset Grove shopping center at Route 83 and Aptakisic Road in Long Grove. Sunset Foods, a gourmet grocery store, will anchor the $30 million ...
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Eclectic toy store opens in LibertyvilleDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - A toy store with a quirky mix of products for customers of all ages is opening today in downtown Libertyville. Whatsit & Doohickey Co., located at 346 N. Milwaukee Ave.,...
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Kraft takes $16.3 bil offer to Cadbury shareholdersDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. -- Kraft Foods Inc. took its $16.3 billion hostile takeover offer for Cadbury PLC straight to shareholders of the British candy company on Friday. The dea...
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Hospira acquires TheraDocDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - LAKE FOREST - Hospira Inc., a provider of clinical information and medication delivery technologies, announced that it has acquired Salt Lake City-based TheraDoc, a clin...
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Hearing unlikely to resolve marathon IPA sex-harassment suitDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - A settlement conference is set for today in federal court in downtown Chicago in the suit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against International Prof...