Northbrook Business
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Small boost on tax holiday's first morningAug 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Harry Barkelar, general manager of Sears in Woodfield Shopping Mall, started his work force 4 hours earlier than normal - at 6 a.m. - to open the doors Friday for back-t...
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Boeing gets $1.2 billion order from Inmarsat, strikes partnershipAug 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Inmarsat Plc, the world's biggest provider of satellite services to the maritime industry, said first-half profit jumped 56 percent as it placed a $1.2 billion order wit...
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Ratings changed at DeVry, Career Eduction Corp.Aug 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Analysts changed their ratings or began coverage today on the following stocks. The stock symbols are listed in parentheses after the companies' names. • Career Educatio...
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Cook County offers online help for those in foreclosureAug 05, 2010 11:00 pm - The Cook County Circuit Court's Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program this week launched online help for people facing the foreclosure of their homes. If you're part of...
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AT&T chief Stephenson: Web regulations 'don't make sense'Aug 05, 2010 11:00 pm - AT&T Inc. Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Randall Stephenson said a U.S. Federal Communications Commission proposal to regulate the Internet "doesn't make a whole l...
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Buffalo Grove bank, police to hold ID theft seminarAug 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Buffalo Grove Bank & Trust has changed the date of its free identity theft seminar to 10 a.m. Aug. 14 at the bank, 200 N. Buffalo Grove Road. The seminar will be presen...
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Suburban component makers see uptick as Ford, others recoverAug 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Addison-based Woodland Plastics Corp. had to lay off a handful of workers last year due to the recession and the historic slowdown with one of its main clients, the auto...
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'Tax holiday' saving may not be big, but shoppers still happy to have itAug 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Illinois' "tax holiday" may not produce huge savings for back-to-school shoppers, but retailers around the suburbs still are doing what they can to instill it with a "Bl...
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Hyatt Hotel returns to 2Q profitAug 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Hyatt Hotels Corp., the Pritzker family chain that raised $1.09 billion in an initial public offering last year, reported a second-quarter profit as demand for high-end ...
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Allstate quarterly profit slips 63 percent on derivativesAug 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, posted its first profit decline in five quarters on losses tied to derivatives. Second-quarter ne...