Cook County Business
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Motorola may halt sale of set-top box businessFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc. may halt the sale of its set-top box business and spin it off with the mobile-phone division into a new publicly traded company, the Wall Street Journal re...
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Allstate opening center in San Antonio, 600 jobsFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - SAN ANTONIO -- Allstate Insurance Co. is opening an $11.6 million customer call center in San Antonio. The complex, announced Tuesday, is expected to generate 600 jobs a...
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Motorola sues Iridium companies over $24.7 mil claimFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc. sued two Iridium Communications Inc. units, claiming they owe the U.S. mobile phone maker $24.7 million. In a complaint filed yesterday in a state courthou...
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Save on kids' clothes at new Lake in the Hills resale shopFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - In a time when budgets are tight, there is a new clothing store along Randall Road that can help your dollars go further when shopping for your children. Owner Maria Amm...
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CME buys 90 percent of Dow Jones index unit for $607 milFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Dow Jones & Co. is selling a 90 percent stake in its stock-market index unit to CME Group for $607.5 million. The joint venture, announced by the companies W...
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Eagerly awaited, Schaumburg Crate & Barrel opens ThursdayFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Whole Foods debut still a couple of months away
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Smurfit-Stone's $1.2 billion loan said to riseFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.'s $1.2 billion term loan to emerge from bankruptcy rose in its first day of trading, according to a person familiar with the matter. The de...
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Inland American Real Estate announces acquisitionsFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - OAK BROOK - Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc., a public non-traded REIT with a diversified portfolio of commercial real estate assets, announced that it recently co...
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Allstate reports third straight profit on investmentsFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, reported its third straight quarterly profit on improved investment results and higher underwriti...
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Buffett takes on Chicago chokepoint with Burlington NorthernFeb 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Warren Buffett and Bill Gates face a roadblock on the route toward payoff on their investment in U.S. freight transportation. Chicago, whose railroads made it hog butche...