Northbrook Business
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Barrington man accused of accounting fraudNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday charged a Barrington man with committing accounting fraud while he was the CEO of a Milwaukee-based health care firm....
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Clean-coal technology unveiled in Des PlainesNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Responding to a need for affordable clean-coal technology, an energy conservation company unveiled a new $17 million facility in Des Plaines Thursday afternoon. A group...
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Allstate swings to profit, catastrophe losses dipNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, swung to a third-quarter profit on fewer storm claims and improved investment results. Allstate's...
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Allstate dumps munis as local governments run budget deficitsNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, is paring its municipal-bond holdings because state and local governments are "not in great shape...
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CVS Caremark 3Q profit jumps 39 percentNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- CVS Caremark Corp. said Thursday its third-quarter profit jumped 39 percent, but shares plunged after the company said its struggling Caremark pharmacy benef...
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United sues another airline for use of nameNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - United Airlines Inc., the third largest U.S. carrier, filed a trademark infringement suit against Bangladesh-based United Airways Ltd., claiming that its name will confu...
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Italian firm selects EnvergentNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Des Plaines-based Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell company, announced Tuesday that Italian power company Industria e Innovazione has selected the Envergent RTP ra...
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Moto wins dismissal of Rembrandt suitNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc. and Comcast Corp. were among companies that won a court order dismissing modem-patent infringement claims filed...
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Verizon defeats $1.67 billion pension suitNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Verizon Communications Inc. defeated a group lawsuit over pension payments that may have cost the second-largest U.S. phone company about $1.67 billion. Verizon has oper...
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Bankrupt Neumann Homes sues towns to return impact feesNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Neumann Homes Inc., which had been one of the 10 largest homebuilders in the Chicago area before filing bankruptcy last year, has sued more than two dozen municipal gove...