Northbrook Business
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Briefs: United fills seats more efficientlySep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- United Airlines reported Tuesday its preliminary traffic results for August showed its highest-ever for the month for passenger load -- 86.3 percent. Total sc...
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Kraft adds Starbucks for Tassimo systemsSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Kraft Foods, the world's second-biggest food maker, will offer four varieties of coffee from Starbucks for its Tassimo home-brewing systems. The selection will be availa...
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American Airlines cited again by OSHASep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - American Airlines said Tuesday it has started corrective action -- including asbestos abatement -- after being fined nearly a half-million dollars for two sets of allege...
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Briefs: Ovation advances epilepsy studySep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD -- Ovation Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced the initiation of a pivotal Phase III clinical trial evaluating clobazam, a benzodiazapine with significant anticonvu...
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Many small businesses don't have Web sitesSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - When Northfield-based Small Business Research Board surveyed about 550 small businesses, including some in the Chicago suburbs, the group was surprised to learn that abo...
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BriefsAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Purchasing index rises for Chicago CHICAGO -- U.S. business activity held at a level in August that suggests companies continue to expand, though at a less rapid rate, a...
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Briefs: Allstate's Liddy joins Boeing boardAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Allstate Corp. Chairman and CEO Edward Liddy has been elected to the Boeing Co. board of directors, the aerospace company said. Liddy, 61, has been chairman o...
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Briefs: Derivatives expert to manage SentinelAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Frederick J. Grede, a former chief executive of the Hong Kong futures exchange, has been appointed to oversee operations of Sentinel Management Group Inc.,...
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Sears 2Q profit drops on lower salesAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Sears Holdings Corp. said today that its second-quarter profit dropped 40 percent because of lower overall sales and weaker operating results from Kmart and its domestic...
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State to expand online payment of business taxesAug 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Revenue is expected to announce expansion plans this fall for its electronic withholding tax filing program for businesses. Since the pilot pr...