West Chicago Business
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Suit seeks to halt Nalco testing at Sunoco RefineryJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Baker Hughes Inc., the world's third-largest oilfield-services provider, wants a U.S. court to stop Nalco Holding Co. from testing a process at a Sunoco Inc. refinery in...
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Exelon profit falls 12 percent as electricity demand slumpsJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Exelon said Friday that its second-quarter profit fell 12 percent as the weak economy cut into demand for electricity, and the power company issued a f...
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McDonald's July sales recover in Europe, sustaining expansionJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant operator, said European revenue recovered in July as it took sales from rival chains, and the company will sustain plans...
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McDonald's 2Q profit falls 8 percent on strong dollarJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- McDonald's Corp. said Thursday the stronger dollar and a gain that boosted results a year ago led its second-quarter profit to dip 8 percent. The company als...
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Chicago metro unemployment rate reaches 11.3 percentJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The Chicago metro area's jobless rate reached 11.3 percent in June, according to data released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Unemployment r...
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Computhink earns designationJul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - LOMBARD - Computhink announced its ViewWise Document Management Solution has officially achieved the "Works with Windows Server 2008" designation and is also now fully c...
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McDonald's patron sues after hepatitis outbreakJul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - An attorney who specializes in food safety filed a lawsuit Tuesday against McDonald's following a hepatitis A outbreak in northwestern Illinois. The lawsuit was filed in...
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Exelon's Rowe undeterred in quest for takeoversJul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Exelon Corp., the largest U.S. nuclear power producer, may not wait long to find a new takeover target after dropping a $7.53 billion hostile bid for NRG Energy Inc., it...
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Anti-meat group sues Kraft, Sara Lee, ConAgra over hot dogsJul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - NEWARK, N.J. -- Hot dogs may be as American as baseball and apple pie, but an anti-meat advocacy group says they're hazardous to your health and should carry warning lab...
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Siemens to run down order book at energy divisionJul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Siemens AG, Europe's largest engineer, will be forced to run down the order book at its energy division in the first half of its next financial year as investment tails...