Hoffman Estates Business
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Third Boeing 747-8 Freighter makes first flightMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - EVERETT, Wash. -- The third and final Boeing 747-8 Freighter to take part in the new jet's flight test program has flown for the first time. Boeing Co. says the plane to...
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Northwest Community Hospital, Affinity Healthcare to mergeMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights-based Northwest Community Hospital said Wednesday it has signed a letter of intent to merge with Riverwoods-based Affinity Healthcare LLC, and the grou...
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Zurich opens center in ShanghaiMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG - Zurich Financial Services AG, Europe's fourth-largest insurer, has started a $3 million research and development center in Shanghai amid plans to set up a n...
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3-D TV wave getting started in suburbs but still a 'tough sell'Mar 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Despite the tough economy, a new wave of high-end televisions, some with 3-D, will become prominent around the suburbs as a so-called new era of visual entertainment exp...
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State unemployment rises to 12.2 percent; suburban rate soarsMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Unemployment rates in January soared above the previous year in all 12 metro areas for the 32nd consecutive month, according to data released Tuesday by the Illinois Dep...
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Barrington Pools sues former employees who became rivalsMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Barrington Pools has filed suit against two former employees it claims diverted business to their own new pool company. The chancery suit was filed in Cook County Circui...
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PepsiCo to buy back up to $15 billion in sharesMar 14, 2010 11:00 pm - PURCHASE, N.Y. -- PepsiCo said Monday that it will buy back up to $15 billion worth of its own common stock through June 2013. Shares rose nearly 2 percent in premarket ...
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Wireless expanded in Barrington HillsMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - American Tower Corp. announced that it has deployed an outdoor distributed antenna system network in Barrington Hills in response to increasing wireless coverage needs. ...
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Verizon lists on both Nasdaq, NYSEMar 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Verizon Communications Inc., the second-largest U.S. phone company, began listing its shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market today in addition to the New York Stock E...
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Retail exec: 'There will be more (mall) foreclosures to come'Mar 11, 2010 10:00 pm - While vibrant spring colors move into store windows, some recent developments demonstrate that the future may not be so bright for shopping centers across the suburbs. F...