Hoffman Estates Business
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Corn Products to buy Akzo's National Starch divisionJun 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Corn Products International Inc., a U.S. corn refiner and maker of sweeteners, agreed to acquire Akzo Nobel NV's National Starch unit for $1.3 billion in cash to add pro...
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Hospital sues investment adviserJun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Northwest Community Healthcare in Arlington Heights is suing Morgan Stanley for more than $7 million in losses sustained through subprime mortgage investments. According...
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Motorola to fund mobile devicesJun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - A report in The Wall Street Journal citing unnamed sources says Motorola Inc. will buy back most of its debt and pump the bulk of its remaining cash into its ...
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Northrop to repurchase stockJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Northrop Grumman Corp., which has operations in Rolling Meadows, said Thursday that it has approved a plan to buy back up to 11 percent of the company's sh...
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Motorola, Imagine team upJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - AMSTERDAM - The Networks business of Motorola Inc. said Thursday it has teamed with Imagine Communication Group, Ireland's major supplier of WiMAX services to consumers ...
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S&C Electric gets $1 million in stimulus moneyJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - More than $1 million in federal stimulus money is on its way to S&C Electric Company for products that improve the distribution of electricity. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn a...
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Arlington Heights firm to put you on a cloudJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Ameen Pishdadi founded Arlington Heights-based Gigenet, employs about 35 workers and plans to add services to grow the company even more. Through his Web hosting and dat...
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Boeing 787 withstands lightning strike testsJun 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Boeing Co.'s new composite-plastic 787 Dreamliner survived its first lightning strike with no damage as the plane approaches the halfway point in flight testing, program...
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Obama plan may hurt Career Education Corp.Jun 16, 2010 11:00 pm - The Obama administration proposed banning for-profit colleges from tying pay for recruiters to the number of people they enroll, saying high-pressure sales tactics induc...
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Northrop Grumman to repurchase $2 billion in stockJun 16, 2010 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Northrop Grumman Corp. said Thursday that it has approved a plan to buy back up to 11 percent of the company's shares. The Los Angeles aerospace and elect...