Cook County Business
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Sears narrows 3Q loss on cost-cutting effortsNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Shoppers increased their spending at Kmart stores for the first time in at least seven years this fall, picking up cheap toys, shoes and items for their homes. The boost...
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Molex announces new systemNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - LISLE - Molex Inc. announced the iPass+ High-Speed Channel pluggable CXP copper and optical interconnect system enabling twelve channels of 10 Gbps data, for up to 120 G...
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McDonald's offers free coffee Nov. 27Nov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - OAK BROOK - Area McDonald's are providing everyone a boost to kick off the holiday shopping season from midnight to noon on Nov. 27, the day after Thanksgiving. Customer...
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UAL, airline execs took $350 mil as pensions endedNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - UAL Corp., US Airways Group Inc. and eight other companies paid executives $350 million in the five years before the U.S. was forced to take over their under-funded empl...
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Trib-owned paper sued for plagiarismNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - HARTFORD, Conn. -- A small, family-owned Connecticut newspaper sued the state's largest newspaper Thursday, saying it repeatedly plagiarized stories after cutting its ow...
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Shoppers to spend less on gift cards this holiday seasonNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - While gift cards are again the most-requested present this holiday, be prepared to receive discounted ties or slippers instead. And if you do receive a gift card, don't ...
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Majority of CF shareholders support Agrium bidNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Developments this week could determine whether the fertilizer wars may finally be coming to an end. Canada's Agrium Inc. said Thursday that shareholders cont...
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Argonne gets $8.8 million for battery researchNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Argonne National Laboratory Wednesday was awarded $8.8 million to build or remodel three battery research-and-development facilities on its DuPage County campus. That wo...
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Motorola adds new seriesNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS - The Home & Networks Mobility business of Motorola Inc. announced the addition of the Wireless Broadband Radio 500 series frame-based eNodeB to its LT...
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Libertyville car dealers unite for food pantryNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - They have offered village-supplied gift cards for local businesses and joined in a clearance sale, and now Libertyville car dealers have united to help a local food pant...