Northbrook Business
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Verizon Wireless, Google in Android partnershipOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Verizon Wireless and Google Inc. are teaming up to tackle the challenge posed by the iPhone, saying they will collaborate closely to create wireless devices ...
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Lower heating costs forecast for Nicor customers this winterOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Suburban natural gas customers could see lower heating bills this winter. With falling market prices for natural gas and a warmer winter predicted, experts said Monday t...
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Merisant wins support for reorg planOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Merisant Worldwide Inc., the closely held maker of Equal artificial sweeteners, won support from its unsecured creditors committee after modifying its reorganization pla...
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Airlines improve on-time arrivals in AugustOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Arriving on-time was just a little bit easier for airline passenger traveling in August. The Transportation Department said on Tuesday that 79.7 percent o...
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Airlines expand $10 surcharge on busy travel daysOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Several big airlines have added $10 surcharges for busy days around the holidays, making days that already tended to be expensive to fly a little more cos...
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Allstate picks AIG's Winter to run life insurer unitOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded home and auto insurer in the U.S., named Matthew Winter to head the life insurance and retirement unit which contributed to t...
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Boeing to take $1 billion charge on 747 program costsOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Boeing on Tuesday said it will record a $1 billion charge because of a delay in producing a new version of the 747 freighter jet, blaming slow sales and late design chan...
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Navistar Defense partners with Czech Republic companyOct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Navistar Defense and Tatra, a heavy-duty truck manufacturer located in Koprivnice, Czech Republic, have signed an agreement to jointly develop, produce and market new mi...
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Ex-Citadel exec denies violating non-compete clauseOct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Ex-Citadel Investment Group LLC executive Jace Kohlmeier said he doesn't believe employees of his newly formed firm are developing usable computer code for trading stock...
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Boeing, Airbus at risk of cuts after defying slowdownOct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Airbus SAS and Boeing Co. will together build a record number of jets this year, defying the recession and slowdown in travel. They face a reckoning in 2010. The world's...