Wheaton Business
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Net income at Jewel-parent Supervalu falls 40 percentJul 26, 2010 11:00 pm - EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Supervalu Inc.'s first-quarter net income fell 40 percent as rising competition cut into the grocery chain's sales. The operator of Albertsons and...
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Banners in empty Glen Ellyn storefronts drumming up businessJul 26, 2010 11:00 pm - A campaign to drum up business for Glen Ellyn's empty downtown storefronts might have gotten its first bite last week. Officials at the Glen Ellyn Economic Development ...
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Tellabs drops on AT&T concernsJul 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Tellabs Inc., the Naperville-based maker of telecommunications equipment, dropped as much as 8.1 percent in Nasdaq Stock Market trading on concern it will lose some busi...
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Tellabs earnings grow as revenue rises 10 percentJul 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Naperville-based Tellabs' second-quarter 2010 revenue totaled $423 million, up 10% from $385 million in the second quarter of 2009. On a GAAP basis, Tellabs earned 17 ce...
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DeVry leads drop in education stocks after U.S. details rulesJul 25, 2010 11:00 pm - DeVry Inc. led a drop in education companies in New York trading after investors reacted to information the U.S. government released July 23 suggesting some for-profit c...
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McDonald's 2Q profit jumps 12 percent on rising salesJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Net income climbed 12 percent at McDonald's Corp. in the second quarter as customers around the globe gobbled up its cheap food and U.S. customers responded to its profi...
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Auto recovery lifts Johnson Controls 3Q net incomeJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A recovery in car and truck production helped Johnson Control Inc. more than double its net income in the fiscal third quarter, the maker of automotive batte...
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MetLife buys Allstate unit to add group legal salesJul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - MetLife Inc., the largest U.S. life insurer, has purchased a business providing group legal-services coverage from Northbrook-based Allstate Corp., adding to its Hyatt ...
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State Realtors say home prices 'stabilizing' but 'stubborn'Jul 21, 2010 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Home prices in Illinois are showing signs of stabilizing and the Chicago region in particular marked a year of positive sales activity in June, according t...
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Sara Lee may sell bread, bakery divisionJul 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Sara Lee Corp., the maker of Jimmy Dean foods, is exploring the sale of its North American bread and bakery unit, said people familiar with the matter, a move that would...