Northbrook
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Northbrook firm loaned about $1 billion to Petters affiliatesOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Lancelot Investment Management LLC, a hedge-fund firm in Northbrook loaned about $1 billion to a company whose former chief executive officer has been arrested amid alle...
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Crisis exposes Seals' lack of judgmentOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - I am very disappointed to hear that Dan Seals supports financial meltdown. When asked to comment on the Sept. 29 defeat of the (original) financial rescue bill in the Ho...
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Northbrook's Idex cuts forecastOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Idex Corp., the maker of equipment that measures and dispenses paints and tints, said it reduced its third-quarter earnings and sales forecast after losing a contract an...
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Cook Co. health 'billion-dollar budget' remains a mysteryOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Three days after the Cook County Health and Hospitals System publicly debated and passed a "billion-dollar budget," it continued Monday to refuse to present the document...
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New Gail Borden branch on scheduleOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Construction on the new Gail Borden Public Library branch is on time, on budget and pushing the envelope of environmental friendliness. Library officials Thursday toured...
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Political connections at issueOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Republican Christine Prochno says her Democratic opponent is a puppet of the "Chicago Machine," while Mark Walker says he is taking on the "Republican Machine." "This is...
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Elgin looks to boost water pressure on east sideOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Water pressure - or a lack thereof - is a problem for parts of Elgin's east side. With more new subdivisions on the horizon, city leaders are making headway on a compreh...
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'Playboy Bandit' not exactly another Hugh HefnerOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - At 5-foot-6 and about 190 pounds, the beefy looking gunman didn't exactly fit the ascot-wearing, pipe-puffing image pioneered by Hugh Hefner. But his cap did bear the di...
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Palatine school plans to expandOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - New Connections Academy Principal Tom Dempsey says he has to turn away prospective students nearly every day. The privately operated, publicly funded Palatine school, ex...
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Des Plaines still dealing with fallout from floodOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Flooding issues still dominated the Des Plaines City Council meeting Monday night, almost a month after floodwaters from the Des Plaines River inundated a portion of the...