Northbrook Business
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General Growth names Douglas new finance chiefJul 25, 2010 11:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc., the second-largest U.S. mall operator, appointed Steven J. Douglas as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective imm...
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Delta's new Chicago shuttle targets UAL, AMRJul 25, 2010 11:00 pm - For New York business travelers bound for Chicago, there's a new shuttle in town. Opening another front in the competition for high-fare corporate passengers, Delta Air ...
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Company could bring jobs, revenue to CarpentersvilleJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - The potential relocation of a commercial business to Carpentersville could inject new life into an industrial park on the village's west side. Village trustees this wee...
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Obama to visit Chicago Ford plant Aug. 5Jul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will visit U.S. auto plants in Michigan and Illinois next week to highlight his administration's decision to rescue General Motors a...
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Verizon's buyout of 11,000 workers weighs on marginsJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Verizon Communications Inc. on Friday said it lost $198 million in the second quarter due to a buyout for 11,000 workers. Excluding the severance costs and o...
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General Growth to arbitrate Hughes investorsJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc. was rebuffed yesterday by the bankruptcy judge, who ruled that an arbitration panel could decide the basis for the claim that former inves...
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Judge: Ex-Sun-Times owner Black can't return homeJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Former media mogul Conrad Black won't be allowed to return to his home in Canada for the time being. U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve on Friday ordered Black to surrender...
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Allstate profit estimate cut in half by disaster costsJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, had its second-quarter profit estimate cut by more than half by FBR Capital Markets on catastroph...
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Auto recovery lifts Johnson Controls 3Q net incomeJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A recovery in car and truck production helped Johnson Control Inc. more than double its net income in the fiscal third quarter, the maker of automotive batte...
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Wal-Mart cracks Chicago by splitting union, non-union workersJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s divide-and-conquer strategy prevailed in Chicago by pitting construction workers against employees who will stock shelves and ring registers. The ...