Cook County Business
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Clean-coal technology unveiled in Des PlainesNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Responding to a need for affordable clean-coal technology, an energy conservation company unveiled a new $17 million facility in Des Plaines Thursday afternoon. A group...
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ITW acquires HartnessNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - GLENVIEW - Illinois Tool Works Inc. announced that it acquired the assets of Greenville, S.C.,-based Hartness International. The company's core business includes line i...
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Allstate swings to profit, catastrophe losses dipNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, swung to a third-quarter profit on fewer storm claims and improved investment results. Allstate's...
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Allstate dumps munis as local governments run budget deficitsNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, is paring its municipal-bond holdings because state and local governments are "not in great shape...
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CVS Caremark 3Q profit jumps 39 percentNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- CVS Caremark Corp. said Thursday its third-quarter profit jumped 39 percent, but shares plunged after the company said its struggling Caremark pharmacy benef...
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Judge upholds Abbott's $1.67 billion patent suit loss to J&JNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories failed to convince a federal judge to throw out a record $1.67 billion verdict won by Johnson & Johnson's Centocor unit in a suit over an arthritis d...
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Agrium raises offer for Deerfield fertilizer maker CFNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Agrium Inc. raised its takeover offer for rival fertilizer maker CF Industries Holdings Inc. to about $4.52 billion, four days after CF sweetened its own unsolicited bid...
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United sues another airline for use of nameNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - United Airlines Inc., the third largest U.S. carrier, filed a trademark infringement suit against Bangladesh-based United Airways Ltd., claiming that its name will confu...
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Weyerhaeuser may lose tax creditNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - U.S. House members are moving to raise more money to pay for in their health-care plan by stopping Weyerhaeuser Co., Temple-Inland Inc. and other makers of pulp and pape...
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Takeda expands operationsNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Deerfield-based Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc., announced the incorporation of Takeda Pharmaceuticals Mexico. This expansion aims to strengthen the company's...