Prospect Heights Business
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Monthlong Boeing strike at Calif. plant endsJun 09, 2010 11:00 pm - LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Boeing Co. workers who assemble C-17 planes in California have ended a monthlong strike that shut down the production line for the jumbo cargo jets...
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Office equipment firm expandsJun 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Des Plaines Office Equipment, a provider of office equipment solutions since 1955, announced the acquisition of Kee Business Systems of Elk Grove Village, the fourth acq...
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CVS Caremark to cut off Walgreen from networkJun 08, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- CVS Caremark Corp. said Wednesday it will end rival Walgreen Co.'s participation in its retail pharmacy network starting in a month. The move would mean that...
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Des Plaines considers incentive program to fill vacant storefrontsJun 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Tired of looking at vacant storefronts in downtown Des Plaines? Des Plaines city officials surely are, and they seem to be embracing an idea they hope will draw new reta...
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Chicago's Allscripts buying healthcare info rival EclipsysJun 08, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The health care information technology company Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions Inc. is buying rival Eclipsys Corp. for about $1.3 billion in stock, the...
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Cook County sells $1.05 billion debtJun 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Cook County will sell $1.05 billion in debt including its largest Build America Bond offering, as municipal issuance rebounds from a two-month low. Cook County's securit...
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U.S. Cellular wins dismissal of investor's suitJun 07, 2010 11:00 pm - U.S. Cellular Corp., a wireless telephone service provider, won dismissal of an investor lawsuit claiming its board failed to properly oversee more than $900 million in ...
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Sears chairman Lampert takes direct stock ownership for likely tax breakJun 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Billionaire Edward Lampert may have found a way to shield himself from millions of dollars in taxes under legislation that would raise levies on profits at private- equi...
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Hyatt plans more investments in developmentsJun 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Hyatt Hotels Corp., the lodging chain controlled by the Pritzker family, plans to put more money into developing properties, President and Chief Executive Officer Mark H...
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Boeing ready to restart assembly of 787 DreamlinersJun 07, 2010 11:00 pm - Boeing Co. received the first completed section for its 23rd 787 Dreamliner and is ready to resume assembling the new composite planes, after halting deliveries more tha...