Northbrook Business
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Allstate to sponsor college football at Wrigley FieldAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Northwestern University has announced that Allstate Insurance Co. will sponsor its Nov. 20 college football game at Wrigley Field. The Wildcats will host the University ...
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RIM offers India compromise to avoid BlackBerry banAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Research In Motion Ltd., facing a possible ban on its BlackBerry service in India, offered to lead an industry forum in developing ways to balance the country's security...
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Motorola activist investor Carl Icahn increases his stake againAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Motorola Inc. investor Carl Icahn added to his stake months before the mobile-phone maker plans a breakup he helped instigate. Icahn bought about 11.5 million shares of ...
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New Moto radio could help save your life one dayAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - As Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. rolls out a two-way radio designed just for firefighters, it might not sound as sexy as its Droid line for consumers. But it is - since...
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Boeing once again delays first deliveries of 787Aug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Boeing Co. postponed the delivery of its first 787 airliner to the middle of the first quarter of 2011, adding to a string of delays that has put it more tha...
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United, Continental to help Southwest in NewarkAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - DALLAS -- United and Continental airlines will help Southwest Airlines expand in the New York market. The move is designed to help United and Continental win approval fr...
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Tribune reports $6.37 million net profit in JulyAug 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Newspaper publisher Tribune Co. reported net income of $6.37 million in July on revenue of $272.8 million. Operating income in the month was $23 million. Net income for ...
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Chicago-based Gatx may sell debtAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Gatx Corp., a Chicago-based company that leases railroad cars and other equipment, may sell debt as corporate bond offerings declined 57 percent amid investor concern th...
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Facebook throws the book at tiny Northbrook company over nameAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - NORTHBROOK -- The two employees at Northbrook-based Teachbook.com probably don't think their Web site, which hasn't been officially launched yet, has much similarity to ...
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Rolling Meadows workers get a test drive of new stealth fighterAug 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Let's land this F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter, weighing many tons, vertically on that parking lot. That's the kind of big, video-game type fun that Northrop Grumman...