Northfield Business
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UAE: BlackBerry, smartphones are security threatJul 25, 2010 11:00 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Emirati officials have declared BlackBerry smartphones a potential threat to national security because users' data is stored overseas, whe...
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Kraft to use more whole grains in crackersJul 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Kraft Foods Inc. says it will more than double the amount of whole grain in many of its Nabisco crackers, becoming the latest food maker to respond to consumer and healt...
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Lender fighting InterContinental Chicago Hotel saleJul 25, 2010 11:00 pm - River Road Hotel Partners LLC, the owner of the InterContinental Chicago O'Hare hotel near Chicago's largest airport, is scheduled for an Aug. 23 hearing on a motion for...
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Parts of Tribune Co. report will be secretJul 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Although the examiner for newspaper publisher Tribune Co. will file his report today on the $13.8 billion leveraged buyout in 2007 by Sam Zell, parts of the report won't...
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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...