Park Ridge Business
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Boeing speeds up production of 747, 777 modelsMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Boeing Co. will speed up production plans for its 777 and 747 models in anticipation of greater demand from commercial airlines. Both are wide-body planes ca...
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Elgin chamber names McDonald's owner volunteer of yearMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - David Bear took home the Volunteer of the Year award Thursday during the Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce's annual award luncheon. Bear, owner of Bear McDonald's Restauran...
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Will General Growth emerge from Chapter 11 in six pieces?Mar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Shopping-mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. confirmed reorganization plans yesterday for five more property-owning subsidiaries with $262 million in debt. Four mo...
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UAL Corp. joins emissions fightMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Three U.S. airlines and the Air Transport Association will ask a U.K. judge to transfer a challenge of Britain's implementation of European Union emission-trading regula...
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Third Boeing 747-8 Freighter makes first flightMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - EVERETT, Wash. -- The third and final Boeing 747-8 Freighter to take part in the new jet's flight test program has flown for the first time. Boeing Co. says the plane to...
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Northwest Community Hospital, Affinity Healthcare to mergeMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights-based Northwest Community Hospital said Wednesday it has signed a letter of intent to merge with Riverwoods-based Affinity Healthcare LLC, and the grou...
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Zurich opens center in ShanghaiMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG - Zurich Financial Services AG, Europe's fourth-largest insurer, has started a $3 million research and development center in Shanghai amid plans to set up a n...
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State unemployment rises to 12.2 percent; suburban rate soarsMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Unemployment rates in January soared above the previous year in all 12 metro areas for the 32nd consecutive month, according to data released Tuesday by the Illinois Dep...
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Barrington Pools sues former employees who became rivalsMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Barrington Pools has filed suit against two former employees it claims diverted business to their own new pool company. The chancery suit was filed in Cook County Circui...
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PepsiCo to buy back up to $15 billion in sharesMar 14, 2010 11:00 pm - PURCHASE, N.Y. -- PepsiCo said Monday that it will buy back up to $15 billion worth of its own common stock through June 2013. Shares rose nearly 2 percent in premarket ...