Vernon Hills Business
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Fortune Brands picks seller for golf unitJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - Fortune Brands Inc., planning a breakup of the company, selected Morgan Stanley to run an auction for its golf division in a sale that may fetch as much as $1.5 billion,...
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CDW: More of us to do practice business onlineJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - Vernon Hills-based CDW says 90 percent of medium and large businesses are considering or implementing at least one form of client virtualization. Driven by the promise ...
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India rejects Abbott patent applicationJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories was refused patent protection on its AIDS drug Kaletra by India's patent office, allowing Cipla Ltd. and other generic-drug companies to continue sel...
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Motorola to officially split into 2 companiesJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - As Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. enters the history books, two new companies will debut Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange — Motorola Solutions Inc. and Motorola Mo...
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Gen X outspends younger buyers onlineDec 31, 2010 10:00 pm - In the last week, 65-year-old Joe Cesario of Arlington Heights downloaded the movie “Wall Street” onto his home computer. He's also downloaded thousands of songs onto hi...
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More mobile options for hot technology in new yearDec 29, 2010 10:00 pm - Viewing more TV programs on your mobile device, using smartphones to quickly pay for merchandise, and tags that will help you find items faster in stores are among the t...
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Martha Stewart anti-bedbug patent case dismissedDec 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. reached a settlement with a Northbrook company over claims that its anti-bedbug mattress covers infringed a patent, according to cou...
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Allstate sues BoFa-CountrywideDec 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Allstate Corp. sued Bank of America Corp. and its Countrywide mortgage unit over $700 million in residential mortgage-backed securities the insurer purchased, claiming C...
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Harper offers course on 2011 economic trendsDec 26, 2010 10:00 pm - Just in time for the new year, Harper College will offer a free public mini-economics lesson aimed at untangling the confusion surrounding the general state of the econo...
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Day after Christmas sales attract bargain huntersDec 25, 2010 10:00 pm - Santa Claus is on his way back to the North Pole. But that doesn't mean Christmas shopping season is over. Throughout the area, stores were busy Sunday catering to the d...