Cook County Business
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Sales of single-family homes in suburbs climb 10 percentJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Sales of single-family detached homes jumped by about 10 percent in 2009, compared to 2008, the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors said Friday. The Downers Grove group...
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Government fines United $30,000 for fare flubJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- The U.S. Transportation Department said on Friday that United Airlines must pay a $30,000 fine for failing to include a federal tax when it quoted some ai...
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Report shows improving quality of hospital careJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - A Joint Commission report says hospitals have steadily improved patient care in recent years. That news comes in the annual report from the Oakbrook Terrace-based accred...
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Report: Moto suspends auction of network unitJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc. suspended an auction for its home and networks business because bids were coming in lower than the maker of the Droid smartphone expected, the Wall Street ...
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Cadbury: Hershey still interested in usJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Cadbury Plc, the U.K. confectioner fighting a takeover offer from Kraft Foods Inc., said Hershey Co. remains interested in the Dairy Milk maker and would transform itsel...
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Cadbury lines up defense against Kraft takeoverJan 13, 2010 10:00 pm - LONDON -- Cadbury PLC said Thursday that The Hershey Co. would have to "pay a great price" if it decided to formally wade into the bidding against Kraft Foods Inc. for t...
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2009 foreclosure rate bad, but wait until next yearJan 13, 2010 10:00 pm - The foreclosure rate for 2009 kept Illinois in the top 10 of states with a 30 percent increase over 2008 and a whopping 104 percent increase over 2007, according to data...
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Moving company opens in Des PlainesJan 13, 2010 10:00 pm - DES PLAINES - Two Men And A Truck recently opened at 2434 E. Dempster in Des Plaines. Local owners John Judson and Joel Trost together bring nearly 25 years of experien...
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Buffalo Grove firm could change way NFL does businessJan 13, 2010 10:00 pm - A third-generation, family-owned company in Buffalo Grove knows the value of teamwork. But the 92-year-old American Needle Inc., which makes hats and other merchandise ...
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Motorola monitoring Google's China situationJan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc., rebuilding its mobile-phone business around Google Inc.'s Android software, said it is monitoring information about the attacks targeting Google e-mail ac...