Mount Prospect Business
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Chicago Purchasing Managers Index rises to 61.5Jan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Companies in the U.S. expanded in January at the fastest pace in more than four years as orders and employment increased. The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago Inc...
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Choose Chicago, high-speed rail fans sayJan 27, 2010 10:00 pm - Supporters of high-speed rail should know as early as today if the train is heading for Chicago. President Obama is expected to announce how the federal government will ...
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Boeing gets patent on mid-air refueling technologyJan 26, 2010 10:00 pm - Boeing Co., which is suggesting an aircraft modeled on its 767 would be a good replacement for the Air Force's fleet of aging KC-135 aerial tankers, received a patent re...
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UAL 4Q loss shrinks; business travel picking upJan 26, 2010 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- United Airlines said business travel is improving, echoing comments from rivals Delta and American, and its fourth-quarter loss was much smaller than a ye...
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In 50-year career, he put Van Driel's on the mapJan 26, 2010 10:00 pm - His name never appeared on the storefront, but everyone in Mount Prospect knew Max Ullrich, who ran Van Driel's Medical Surgical supply store for decades. What started a...
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Bankruptcy judge approves Tribune bonusesJan 26, 2010 10:00 pm - WILMINGTON, Del. -- A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved bonuses of up to $45 million for hundreds of Tribune Co. managers, including its top 10 executives....
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Boeing 2010 forecast trails estimates on lower outputJan 26, 2010 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Boeing Co. surprised investors with a bigger-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday, and said testing of its two newest planes is on track. Boei...
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Ford unsure if laid-off Chicago workers will get jobs backJan 25, 2010 10:00 pm - Ford Motor Co. will bring 1,200 new jobs to Illinois by shifting production of the new Explorer SUV to its Chicago assembly plant, the automaker announced Tuesday. But i...
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Saab owners, employees rally in last-ditch effort to save brandJan 25, 2010 10:00 pm - Chicago area residents who drive, fix and sell Swedish-built Saabs converged Sunday in the parking lot of Swedish-owned home goods retailer IKEA in Schaumburg in a last-...
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Verizon posts 4Q loss on $3 billion in layoff costsJan 25, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Verizon Communications Inc. on Tuesday posted an unusual loss for the fourth quarter, as a charge for layoffs in its shrinking landline business overshadowed...