Northfield Business
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Bell & Howell files for patentNov 30, 2009 10:00 pm - WHEELING - Bowe Bell & Howell has filed a patent application for a new eco-friendly mailing system designed to create personalized bills and statements at significant sa...
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General Growth to keep revised mortgage terms secretNov 29, 2009 10:00 pm - Shopping center owner General Growth Properties Inc., which said it will file a Chapter 11 plan today covering properties with $8.9 billion in mortgages, intends to make...
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Tribune Co. sells shuttered Countryside facilityNov 29, 2009 10:00 pm - Tribune Co., the second-largest newspaper publisher in the U.S., has an agreement to sell a former distribution facility in Countryside for $695,000. The location closed...
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Will Dubai debt crisis affect Boeing orders?Nov 29, 2009 10:00 pm - Dubai's state-owned Emirates Airline said the debt crisis afflicting the sheikdom won't halt a surge in profit or threaten the carrier's independence and jetliner orders...
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Business activity unexpectedly accelerated, Chicago index saysNov 29, 2009 10:00 pm - Business activity in the U.S. unexpectedly accelerated in November as orders climbed, signaling the economic recovery will carry through into 2010. The Institute for Sup...
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Komatsu shipments drop by half in OctoberNov 29, 2009 10:00 pm - Japan's construction-machinery shipments tumbled by half in October, compared with a year earlier, as the recession cut sales of machines built by Komatsu Ltd. and its d...
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Retailers say Black Friday so far on par with last yearNov 27, 2009 10:00 pm - At the Best Buy in West Dundee, about 30 people were lined up five hours before its 3 a.m. Friday opening. Some camped out in tents or waited in lawn chairs and periodic...
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Crowds, deals expected even if you don't shop earlyNov 26, 2009 10:00 pm - If watching the Thanksgiving Day parade and letting the pumpkin pie digest are more important than shopping before sunrise Friday, you can still expect large crowds and ...
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Wahl sparkles at 115, plans raffle to assist hospice careNov 25, 2009 10:00 pm - R.C. Wahl Jewelers in Des Plaines has survived the Great Depression and various recessions by selling traditional diamond and gold jewelry to generations of local famili...
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Dedicated shoppers plan to bag some Black Friday bargainsNov 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Costco's been selling Christmas trees since late September, and 24-hour Christmas music has been playing on the radio for weeks. It's all in anticipation of tomorrow. T...