Northfield Business
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Ex-CEO: Playboy needs to expand its brandNov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Playboy Enterprises Inc. needs to make strategic decisions to expand the men's magazine publisher in the coming decade, according to former Chief Executive Officer Chris...
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Report: Hershey may launch bid for CadburyNov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The Wall Street Journal reports that Hershey Co. may make a $17 billion competing bid for UK candy company Cadbury. The newspaper says the bid wouldn't be re...
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Unemployment rate in Illinois climbs to 11 percentNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Alvin "Chip" Washington of Aurora was let go in October 2007, but he thought buying some single family homes, rehabbing and renting them would help bring in enough incom...
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General Growth, lenders agree on mall debt reworkNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Mall operator General Growth Properties Inc., which filed the largest U.S. real estate bankruptcy case in history earlier this year, said Thursday its len...
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Sears narrows 3Q loss on cost-cutting effortsNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Shoppers increased their spending at Kmart stores for the first time in at least seven years this fall, picking up cheap toys, shoes and items for their homes. The boost...
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UAL, airline execs took $350 mil as pensions endedNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - UAL Corp., US Airways Group Inc. and eight other companies paid executives $350 million in the five years before the U.S. was forced to take over their under-funded empl...
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Trib-owned paper sued for plagiarismNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - HARTFORD, Conn. -- A small, family-owned Connecticut newspaper sued the state's largest newspaper Thursday, saying it repeatedly plagiarized stories after cutting its ow...
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Shoppers to spend less on gift cards this holiday seasonNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - While gift cards are again the most-requested present this holiday, be prepared to receive discounted ties or slippers instead. And if you do receive a gift card, don't ...
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Motorola adds new seriesNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS - The Home & Networks Mobility business of Motorola Inc. announced the addition of the Wireless Broadband Radio 500 series frame-based eNodeB to its LT...
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Lime Energy project completeNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - ELK GROVE VILLAGE - Lime Energy announced the recent completion of an energy efficiency project for Perillo BMW, 1035 N. Clark St., Chicago. The project involved new ene...