Northfield Business
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Disney to Buy 'Halo' creator Wideload GamesSep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Walt Disney Co. agreed to buy Wideload Games Inc. to develop and produce video games, a week after its acquisition of Marvel Entertainment Inc. Alexander Seropian, Widel...
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Kraft's $16.7 billion bid for Cadbury rejectedSep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Kraft Foods Inc. on Monday proposed a $16.7 billion takeover of Cadbury PLC, but the offer was immediately rejected by the British maker of chocolate, gum and ...
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Airlines slashing capacity at rate unseen since WWIISep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Delta Air Lines Inc. and the other big U.S. carriers are poised to make more cuts in available seats as the summer travel season ends this weekend, capping the industry'...
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Credit Suisse in preliminary talks to buy part of Mesirow's businessSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Credit Suisse Group AG held preliminary talks with Chicago-based Mesirow Financial Holdings Inc. about buying its $11 billion business that invests clients' cash in hed...
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Sun-Times may file reorganization plan in daysSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - The Sun-Times Media Group Inc. expects to file within days a plan of reorganization in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case involving a proposal from an investor group led by ...
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Airbus A380 loans faulted in WTO ruling on airplane subsidiesSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - European loans to planemaker Airbus SAS broke commerce rules, a World Trade Organization panel found, backing at least part of a U.S. complaint in the first round of the...
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Sun-Times closing Pioneer Press printing pressSep 02, 2009 11:00 pm - The Chicago Sun-Times' parent company is closing a suburban printing plant, which is expected to cost 70 jobs. Sun-Times spokeswoman Tammy Chase confirms the Sun-Times M...
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Lil' Kickers to host open houseSep 01, 2009 11:00 pm - PALATINE - Soccer City has teamed up with Lil' Kickers, a nationally renowned youth development soccer program, to launch Lil' Kickers to boys and girls ages 18 months t...
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Career Education finishes dealSep 01, 2009 11:00 pm - HOFFMAN ESTATES - Career Education Corp. announced that it has completed the previously announced purchase of the outright rights to the Le Cordon Bleu brand in the educ...
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North Trust Corp. repaying TARP loansAug 30, 2009 11:00 pm - The U.S. Treasury made about $4 billion from the eight major banks that have repaid their obligations to the government under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP,...