Palatine Business
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Northern Trust CEO Waddell to assume chairman titleJul 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Northern Trust Corp. Chairman William Osborn plans to step down Nov. 11, when Chief Executive Officer Frederick Waddell will take the additional title of chairman. Osbor...
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Citadel to expand U.S. exchange strategy to EuropeJul 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Citadel Investment Group LLC, the $12 billion hedge fund firm founded by Ken Griffin, is seeking to replicate in Europe the success of its four-year-old strategy of inve...
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United parent posts 2Q profit on one-time gainsJul 20, 2009 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- The parent of United Airlines said Tuesday it is cutting international capacity by an extra 7 percent during the last four months of this year, as it posted a...
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NRG shareholders reject Exelon, ends takeover bidJul 20, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio - Exelon, parent company of Chicago-based ComEd, said Tuesday it has ended its $7.4 billion bid to create the nation's largest power generating company by...
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RIM says Nortel blocked It from bidding on assetsJul 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry phone, said Nortel Network Corp. blocked it from bidding on Nortel assets up for sale by imposing restrictions it didn't...
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Splash Dogs Inc. in Des Plaines helps dogs healJul 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Jill Morgenthaler was torn over whether Bert, her 10-year-old Labrador mix, should undergo surgery to repair an injured knee and hip. The Des Plaines woman, not thrille...
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Beatty: No video in Trib 'Dick Tracy' suitJul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Actor Warren Beatty, in a lawsuit with Tribune Co. over television and movie rights to comic-strip character Dick Tracy, doesn't want his deposition to be videotaped. He...
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Exelon-NRG fight comes to head, maybeJul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- After a nine-month fight, Exelon's $7.4 billion, all-stock bid to create the nation's largest power generator by buying NRG Energy is coming to a head,...
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Johnson Controls income fell 63 percent in 3QJul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Johnson Controls Inc. said Monday its fiscal third-quarter earnings fell 63 percent, despite cost cutting to control expenses amid weakened economic conditi...
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Jenner & Block Hires GM's counselJul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Jenner & Block LLP, the Chicago-based firm of about 450 lawyers, hired General Motors Corp. general counsel Robert Osborne. Osborne, 54, who previously worked for Jenner...