Cook County Business
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CF to pay at least 6% on $1.3 billion Terra takeover financing packageNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Deerfield-based CF Industries Holdings Inc. will pay at least 6 percent in interest on the $1.3 billion bank facility it has arranged to finance its hostile takeover of ...
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Italian firm selects EnvergentNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Des Plaines-based Envergent Technologies LLC, a Honeywell company, announced Tuesday that Italian power company Industria e Innovazione has selected the Envergent RTP ra...
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Kraft cuts sales forecast, reaffirms Cadbury interestNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Kraft Foods Inc., the maker of Oreo cookies and shredded cheese, lowered its annual sales forecast and said it will remain disciplined in pursuing an acquisition of U.K....
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Terra rejects CF Industries' latest takeover offerNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- Fertilizer company Terra Industries Inc. on Wednesday rejected rival CF Industries' latest unsolicited takeover offer, saying the $4.1 billion bid wa...
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First Vera Bradley outlet store coming to the suburbsNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Wildly popular Vera Bradley is opening its first outlet store in Aurora. The company, known for its brightly patterned soft purses and bags, is expected to open Monday, ...
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Moto wins dismissal of Rembrandt suitNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Time Warner Cable Inc. and Comcast Corp. were among companies that won a court order dismissing modem-patent infringement claims filed...
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Verizon defeats $1.67 billion pension suitNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Verizon Communications Inc. defeated a group lawsuit over pension payments that may have cost the second-largest U.S. phone company about $1.67 billion. Verizon has oper...
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Bankrupt Neumann Homes sues towns to return impact feesNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Neumann Homes Inc., which had been one of the 10 largest homebuilders in the Chicago area before filing bankruptcy last year, has sued more than two dozen municipal gove...
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Walgreens sees sales increase of nearly 5 percentNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Walgreens reported October sales increased nearly 5 percent at stores open at least a year. Looking at all its stores, the Deerfield company reported overall sales of $...
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Retiring chief of national press group looks at industryNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Ray Carlsen, who has owned newspapers and later guided others in the profession, retired Friday as executive director of the Inland Press Association, an association of ...