Cook County Business
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Hewitt reports increase in profitJan 31, 2010 10:00 pm - Hewitt Associates Inc. Monday reported that its first quarter earnings increased 5.6 percent on flat revenue as the company expands its margins. The Lincolnshire-based a...
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Report: CME considering $700 mil bid for Dow indexesJan 31, 2010 10:00 pm - CME Group Inc., the world's largest futures market, is in talks to buy the News Corp. stock-index business that owns the Dow Jones Industrial Average for as much as $700...
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McDonald's still thriving in Russia after 20 years; expansion plannedJan 31, 2010 10:00 pm - MOSCOW -- McDonald's will expand by 45 outlets in Russia by the end of this year, CEO Jim Skinner said Monday as the company marked the 20th anniversary of the opening o...
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Suburban edible diamonds to shine at the GrammysJan 29, 2010 10:00 pm - A Schaumburg luxury chocolatier's edible diamond collection will match perfectly with the elite Hollywood tastes at the annual Grammy Awards Sunday. Chocolatines a Sweet...
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UOP awarded grantJan 29, 2010 10:00 pm - DES PLAINES - UOP, a Des Plaines-based subsidiary of Honeywell International, will start construction next year at Tesoro Hawaii's refinery in Kapolei. UOP was selected ...
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NADCA receives fundingJan 29, 2010 10:00 pm - WHEELING - NADCA has received $1.5 million in funding for the HyperCAST project. The purpose of the project is to develop materials and processes for cast high-strength ...
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Quality Inn earns awardJan 29, 2010 10:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG - The Quality Inn hotel of Schaumburg was recently the recipient of a prestigious 2010 Gold Hospitality Award from global lodging leader Choice Hotels Interna...
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Feds: Abbott's Kaletra may interact with AdvairJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories' HIV medicine Kaletra shouldn't be taken with GlaxoSmithKline Plc's asthma inhalers Advair and Serevent or Pfizer Inc.'s Revatio tablets for pulmonar...
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Coupon site ties in social networking to get you the dealsJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Northbrook-based FlyCoupon.com launched Thursday and encourages consumers to spread the word about its deals via Facebook and Twitter. The money they save could depend o...
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Foreclosure allowed for Glenview's Central PlazaJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Central Plaza, a 100,000 square-foot commercial real estate development in Glenview, won't be reorganized. At a hearing this week, the bankruptcy judge allowed foreclos...