Northbrook Business
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Sears plans first debt offering in seven yearsSep 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Sears Holdings Corp., the largest U.S. department-store chain, plans to issue $500 million of senior secured notes maturing in 2018 in its first debt sale since June 200...
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BlackBerry maker offers tablet aimed at businessesSep 27, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The company that gave us the BlackBerry - still the dominant phone in corporate circles - thinks its business customers will have room in their briefcases f...
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Unilever to buy suburbs' Alberto Culver for $3.7 bil.Sep 26, 2010 11:00 pm - AMSTERDAM -- Consumer products maker Unilever NV said Monday it has agreed to buy Alberto Culver Co., the Melrose Park-based maker of beauty products such as TRESemme, V...
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IBM to buy Blade Network to gain data-center switchesSep 26, 2010 11:00 pm - International Business Machines Corp., the world's largest computer-services provider, agreed to buy closely held Blade Network Technologies Inc. to gain products that c...
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People clog suburban appliance stores; rebate money out in 2 hoursSep 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Appliance shoppers only had about two hours to shop Friday morning before all the stimulus money ran out for the Cash for Appliance rebate. Hundreds of suburban resident...
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Dare County, N.C. to install Moto systemSep 23, 2010 11:00 pm - MANTEO, N.C. - Dare County, N.C. and the Motorola Solutions business of Motorola Inc. Thursday said the county is preparing for installation of a new $7 million 800 MHz ...
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'Year One' a downer on the field, but Ricketts says Cubs making moneySep 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The Chicago Cubs, who haven't won a World Series championship for 102 years, will likely lower player payroll next year, team chairman Thomas S. Ricketts said in an inte...
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New site offers scheduling for prepaid meetingsSep 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Web developer Jason Andrew of Naperville has launched Booktime.me, an online booking and scheduling system that helps small business owners and others book client meetin...
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Schaumburg center gives military a breakSep 23, 2010 11:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG - The Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel said Thursday it will offer government and military workers overnight accommodations, complimentary high-...
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Garibaldi's in Arlington Hts. closes for failure to pay taxesSep 22, 2010 11:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Revenue has shut down Garibaldi's Restaurant in Arlington Heights for failure to remit sales taxes to the state. A sticker on the window of th...