Northbrook Business
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Exelon shares fall on Japan nuclear problemsMar 13, 2011 11:00 pm - Exelon Corp., owner of the largest group of U.S. nuclear power plants, declined as engineers in Japan struggled to stabilize a reactor similar in design to four of its u...
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Boeing looks to boost 737 productionMar 13, 2011 11:00 pm - Boeing Co. is “taking a hard look” at boosting monthly output of its best-selling 737-model jet to 42 planes a month, an increase of 11 percent from its current plan, to...
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Kraft CFO to leave in mid-2011Mar 13, 2011 11:00 pm - Kraft Foods Inc. says that its Chief Financial Officer Timothy McLevish is leaving the company in mid-2011 to "pursue opportunities in general management." McLevish, 55,...
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Tribune: Let us exit bankruptcy soonMar 13, 2011 11:00 pm - WILMINGTON, Del. — A top executive with Tribune Co. wants a judge to approve the company's plan to emerge from bankruptcy protection as soon as possible. Eddy Hartenste...
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Quake may boost insurance salesMar 13, 2011 11:00 pm - Aon Corp. and Marsh & McLennan Cos., the world's biggest reinsurance brokers, may sell more coverage at higher rates as earthquakes and tighter regulation of primary ins...
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Lincolnshire's PaperShower.com expands line, sales outletsMar 11, 2011 1:00 am - Had a “paper shower” lately? Jim Bahcall of Buffalo Grove hopes you do, since his web business, PaperShower.com, offers a wet-and-dry cloth combination product to use if...
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Some relatives are safe, but Schaumburg woman still trying to reach others in JapanMar 11, 2011 1:00 am - Miki Yonekura of Schaumburg was getting phone calls at 2 a.m. and then 3 a.m. Friday, but she figured it was just a wrong number. Then at 3:30 a.m., she decided to answe...
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Local companies seeking word on Japanese colleagues, operationsMar 10, 2011 11:00 pm - The fate of an untold number of workers and facilities remained heavy on the minds of suburban business executives late Friday, despite daylong efforts to reach their op...
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Fire in Elk Grove Village damages circuit board plantMar 10, 2011 11:00 pm - A fire at a printed circuit board manufacturing business in Elk Grove Village Friday afternoon may have been caused by an oven unit that overheated and caught PVC piping...
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Local foreclosures drop dramatically in FebruaryMar 09, 2011 11:00 pm - The rate of foreclosures in the area dropped dramatically in February, but experts warned that the troubled housing market may not be turning around just yet, according ...