Cook County Business
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American, United add $10 surcharge on 3 busy daysSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- American and United airlines this week have added $10 surcharges for most of their tickets for travel on three busy days around Thanksgiving and New Year'...
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Cadbury CEO opposes Kraft bidSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Cadbury Plc said it still opposes Kraft Foods Inc.'s 9.9 billion-pound ($15.9 billion) takeover approach and said reports that Chief Executive Officer Todd Stitzer had s...
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Nycomed said to consider raising its offer to Solvay drug unitSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Nycomed A/S may raise its offer for Solvay SA's drugs unit after its bid fell short of the owner's $7.35 billion target, according to people familiar with the situation....
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McDonald's reins in Chicago pride to keep Rio Olympics fansSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympics puts McDonald's Corp. in a pickle. McDonald's is a corporate citizen of the Chicago area, with 2,000 employees at its headquarter...
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RIM posts lower fiscal 2Q profit, higher salesSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - TORONTO -- BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. reported a drop in fiscal second-quarter profit Thursday because of charges for a patent settlement and said revenue ...
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Nuveen raises $290 mil in muni fund offeringSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Nuveen Investments said it raised $289.5 million in an initial public offering for a municipal bond closed-end fund. The Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Value Fund's portfolio...
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Tribune exec defends bonus plan in Ch. 11 hearingSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - WILMINGTON, Del. -- The chief financial officer for the Tribune Co. is defending proposed bonuses of up to $70 million for the company's top managers. Chandler Bigelow I...
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Judge: General Growth creditors can trade claimsSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc.'s unsecured creditors committee members can trade claims against the mall operator once they set safeguards to prevent employees from impr...
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Judge says no rush on Sun-Times union concessionsSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - WILMINGTON, Del. - The Chicago businessman who has offered to buy the Sun-Times Media Group can't demand quick concessions from the company's labor unions in order to cl...
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McDonald's raises quarterly dividend 10 percentSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Oak Brook-based McDonald's Corp. said Thursday that its board has raised its quarterly dividend 10 percent to 55 cents. It will be paid on Dec. 15 to shareholders of rec...