Northfield Business
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Boeing start final testing for 787Dec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Boeing Co. has started "final gauntlet" testing on its first 787 jetliner, an important step before the new plane makes its first flight. In an e-mail Wednesd...
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Hartmarx to sell idle Michigan City plantDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Hartmarx Corp., the Chicago-based men's suit maker that sold the business in August, will undertake the sale of a former distribution facility in Michigan City, Indiana,...
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High Court questions Conrad Black's convictionDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned the conviction of Conrad Black, the former Hollinger Inc. chairman who is serving a 6½-year prison sentence for mail fraud and obs...
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Pepsi Bottlers win preliminary class-action suit approvalDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. and PepsiAmericas Inc. won preliminary approval to settle a class- action lawsuit filed by investors challenging a buyout bid by PepsiCo Inc., ...
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Report: Kraft's Cadbury bid based on 'flawed' logicDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Kraft Foods Inc.'s unsolicited bid for Cadbury Plc is based on a "flawed argument" that uses a historical valuation, which doesn't fairly value the Dairy Milk maker, Cre...
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Chicago's Joffco Square file Chapter 11Dec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - River West Plaza-Chicago LLC, the owner of the Joffco Square shopping center on West Roosevelt Road in Chicago, filed a Chapter 11 petition on Dec. 7 in its hometown aft...
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General Growth expands bankruptcy planDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Shopping-center owner General Growth Properties Inc. said in a court filing yesterday that holders of 30 more mortgages decided to join in the Chapter 11 plan filed Dec....
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Wrigley seeks to refinance $3.5 billion of debtDec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the world's largest chewing-gum maker, said it's planning to refinance as much as $3.5 billion of its secured term loans to reduce interest costs an...
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UOP announces new initiativeDec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - DES PLAINES - UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced that its Ecofining process technology was used to convert second-generation, renewable feedstocks to green diesel f...
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United Airlines orders Boeing 787, Airbus planesDec 07, 2009 10:00 pm - United Airlines said on Tuesday it will spend billions over the next decade on 50 new jets, splitting its order between Boeing Co.'s 787 and the Airbus A350. Deliveries ...