Cook County Business
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UL announces allianceDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - NORTHBROOK - Underwriters Laboratories, a global leader in drinking water quality and safety, has entered into a strategic alliance with Pace Analytical, a nationally re...
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Nalco opens new centerDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - NAPERVILLE - Nalco, providing expertise for water, energy and air, has opened a new research and development facility in Campinas, Brazil, serving Latin America. Strateg...
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Kraft takes $16.3 bil offer to Cadbury shareholdersDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. -- Kraft Foods Inc. took its $16.3 billion hostile takeover offer for Cadbury PLC straight to shareholders of the British candy company on Friday. The dea...
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Boeing recommends fixing thrust reversers on 777Dec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Boeing Co. said on Friday that it is recommending that airlines fix a key piece of equipment on its 777 airliner to make sure that engine heat doesn't cause damage. Boei...
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Tellabs acquires WiChorusDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - NAPERVILLE - Tellabs completed its acquisition of WiChorus, a provider of mobile packet core solutions. The closing follows Tellabs' receipt of Hart-Scott-Rodino approva...
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Lisle takes 'time-out' to re-evaluate Navistar plansDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - After weeks of contentious public hearings on Navistar's plans to move its headquarters and advanced technology center to Lisle, all parties now seem content to play the...
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Hospira acquires TheraDocDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - LAKE FOREST - Hospira Inc., a provider of clinical information and medication delivery technologies, announced that it has acquired Salt Lake City-based TheraDoc, a clin...
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Comcast to buy controlling stake in NBC UniversalDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- Comcast Corp. announced Thursday it plans to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal for $13.75 billion, giving the nation's largest cable TV operator cont...
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Hearing unlikely to resolve marathon IPA sex-harassment suitDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - A settlement conference is set for today in federal court in downtown Chicago in the suit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against International Prof...
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Boston Blackie's restaurants file for bankruptcyDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Boston Blackie's restaurants, which advertised with a lovable jazz singer who's broke but sings of those big, fat burgers, filed bankruptcy for each of its eight restaur...