Prospect Heights Business
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Microsoft sues Motorola over smart phone patentsSep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - REDMOND, Wash. -- Microsoft Corp. is suing Motorola Inc. for infringing on its smart-phone patents. The software maker on Friday said Motorola phones that use Google Inc...
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Chicago law firm Quarles & Brady denied feesSep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Quarles & Brady LLP was denied 95 percent of the almost $900,000 in fees that the law firm requested for representing a company whose attempted reorganization in Chapter...
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United, Continental complete $3.47 billion mergerSep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - United and Continental closed the deal on Friday that will create the world's biggest airline. The new carrier aims to lure business fliers who want to travel overseas w...
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Golf Mill mall hosts model searchSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - NILES -- Golf Mill Shopping Center will host a Miss Sunburst Model Search and Baby Contest at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10. Winners will go to the state finals in May to...
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P&G won't counter Unilever bid for Alberto-Culver, chief saysSep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Procter & Gamble Co., the world's largest consumer-products company, will not counter a bid by Unilever NV for Alberto-Culver Co., Robert McDonald, the company's chief e...
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Southwest's AirTran purchase may mean higher faresSep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Southwest Airlines Co.'s planned purchase of AirTran Holdings Inc. may lead to higher ticket prices as a low-fare competitor is eliminated and the merged carrier works t...
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Boeing may take fourth 747-8 charge as another delay loomsSep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Boeing Co., whose engineers are redesigning a part on the new 747-8 jumbo jet, may announce a fourth financial charge for the aircraft and another delay that could make ...
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Black's lawyer urges court to throw out convictionSep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Conrad Black's 2007 convictions for fraud and obstructing justice should be thrown out because it's impossible to tell whether jurors found him guilty under a now- inval...
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Are Boston Blackie's restaurants closing?Sep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - A number of Boston Blackie's Restaurants have been shut down this week, though the chain's Arlington Heights location remained open for business Wednesday. Phone lines t...
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RIM may use tablet Operating System in BlackBerrysSep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Research In Motion Ltd., whose new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet runs on software bought as part of a $200 million acquisition in April, is considering using the same opera...