Northbrook Business
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Vehicle thefts decline for sixth straight yearMay 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Vehicle thefts dropped in the U.S. in 2009 for the sixth straight year as automakers and car buyers invested in technology to thwart criminals, the National Insurance Cr...
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Kraft, PepsiCo join First Lady's anti-obesity campaignMay 16, 2010 11:00 pm - First lady Michelle Obama won pledges today from food and beverage companies including Campbell Soup Co., Kraft Foods Inc., Kellogg Co., General Mills Inc. and PepsiCo I...
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Aerex Pest expands northMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - ROLLING MEADOWS - Aerex Pest Control, based in Rolling Meadows, has expanded into the Kenosha, Racine and Lake Geneva, Wis. area. CEO Richard Kirshner decided to expand ...
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Molex helps to create longest-lasting light and socketMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Lisle-based Molex Inc. (www.molex.com) partnered with Livermore, Calif.-based Bridgelux to create a new light-and-socket combination that, depending on your habits, coul...
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General Growth to exit bankruptcy by SeptemberMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc. will emerge from bankruptcy in August or September, Pershing Square Capital Management LP Chief Executive Officer William Ackman said in a...
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Boeing backers seek to raise price of tanker bidMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - U.S. lawmakers who support Boeing Co.'s bid for a $35 billion Air Force refueling tanker contract introduced legislation today that would require the Pentagon to add the...
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Superdawg completes its suburban homeMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Even though Superdawg's Wheeling location opened January, the iconic drive-in felt naked without its famous mascots, "Maurie" and "Flaurie." It took a few extra months,...
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Famed Arlington Heights nursery loses one of its patriarchsMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Thomas Geimer was only 13 years old when he and his older brother took over the reins of the family nursery in Arlington Heights after their father died. As the oldest t...
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No end in sight with foreclosures in IllinoisMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - While the national foreclosure rate declined last month, Illinois' home foreclosures spiked during April, placing the state No. 8 in foreclosures nationwide, according t...
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Boeing GPS satellite to launch this monthMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - The first of 12 new global positioning system satellites made by Boeing Co. is on track to launch May 20 after a nearly 42-month delay, according to Air Force officials ...