Mount Prospect Business
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Sonic set to bring cherry limeades and tater tots to Palatine this weekJul 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Sonic is expanding its suburban footprint into Palatine later this week. The Oklahoma-based restaurant known for its carhops on roller skates and tart cherry limeade dri...
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Hugh Hefner offers to take Playboy privateJul 11, 2010 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Hugh Hefner's offer to take Playboy Enterprises Inc. private drew the promise of a competing bid on Monday from the owner of archrival Penthouse magazine. Tha...
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Aon to buy Lincolnshire-based Hewitt for $4.9 billionJul 11, 2010 11:00 pm - How Lincolnshire-based Hewitt Associates Inc. will look once its merger with Aon Corp. is completed in mid-November is still unknown. But expect some type of cuts involv...
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Jones Lang to buy General Growth management unitJul 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., the second-largest publicly traded commercial property broker, is acquiring a unit of bankrupt General Growth Properties Inc. to manage and leas...
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Janney analyst upgrades IDEX to 'buy'Jul 11, 2010 11:00 pm - IDEX Corp (IEX US) was raised to "Buy" from "Neutral" at Janney Montgomery by equity analyst James Lucas. The 12-month target price is $40.00 per share. Idex is based in...
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Equity Residential boosting debtJul 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Chicago-based Equity Residential, the largest publicly traded U.S. apartment landlord, sold $600 million of 10-year notes after boosting the offering by $100 million. Th...
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Cockpit windows on Boeing aircraft ordered inspected, replacedJul 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Boeing Co. 757, 767 and 777 jets flown by U.S. airlines must have the cockpit windows inspected or replaced after 11 reports of fires in the past two decades, the Federa...
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FirstMerit, Takeda, other suburban firms plan layoffsJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Companies were preparing to layoff about 2,000 workers statewide, including many around the suburbs, according to documents filed with the Illinois Department of Commerc...
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Fresh Wave wins awardJul 09, 2010 11:00 pm - BARRINGTON - OMI Industries, makers of the eco-friendly odor eliminating product line Fresh Wave, Friday said that the Fresh Wave Continuous Release Crystal Gel has rece...
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Jefferies rates Stericycle 'buy'Jul 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Stericycle Inc (SRCL US) was rated new "Buy" at Jefferies by equity analyst Richard Close. The 12-month target price is $80.00 per share. Stericycle is based in Lake For...