Prospect Heights Business
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US Airways ends talks with United about comboApr 21, 2010 11:00 pm - UAL Corp.'s United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc. are considering a stock-for-stock merger with no market premium, said two people with knowledge of the talks, c...
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Auto shop buys Mar Ray site; costume shop scouting new localeApr 21, 2010 11:00 pm - The fate of more than 200 Santa Claus and Easter Bunny costumes is secure with the news that Mar Ray Costume Shop in Palatine is relocating. More than a year after the F...
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PepsiCo's 1Q profit rises on international growthApr 21, 2010 11:00 pm - PURCHASE, N.Y. -- Strong sales of PepsiCo Inc.'s snacks and drinks in developing markets helped its first-quarter profit rise 26 percent, beating analyst estimates. Loca...
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Longtime Paddock Publications leader reflects on 46-year careerApr 21, 2010 11:00 pm - First of two parts For Daniel E. Baumann, the changing of the guard at the head the Paddock Publications last week culminated a 46-year career with the company as a repo...
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Verizon adds few contract customers in 1QApr 21, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Verizon Communications Inc., the largest wireless carrier in the country, is finding there's an end to the number of people who'll sign two-year contracts fo...
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Simon adds $1.1 billion to General Growth proposalApr 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Simon Property Group Inc. added four backers to its proposal to help rival mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. emerge from bankruptcy, increasing the plan's total ...
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Acura, King fail to win panel's backing for AcuroxApr 21, 2010 11:00 pm - King Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. failed to win a U.S. panel's backing to sell an experimental painkiller, sending Acura shares down about 45 perc...
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Boeing says 787 on track for delivery this year; earnings top expectationsApr 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Boeing Co. posted first-quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates as higher operating margins for commercial planes helped compensate for a drop in jet deliveries and...
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Deadline set for report on Tribune bankruptcyApr 20, 2010 11:00 pm - The bankruptcy judge signed an order yesterday formally calling for the U.S. Trustee to name an examiner to perform an examination of newspaper publisher Tribune Co. The...
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Bad sign for AT&T: fewer new contract customersApr 20, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- AT&T Inc. added fewer contract-signing wireless customers in the first quarter than it has in several years, an indication that the saturation of the market ...