Cook County Business
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Northwestern Memorial to buy Lake Forest HospitalSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Northwestern Memorial HealthCare in Chicago announced plans to buy Lake Forest Hospital, according to a release issued by the health care providers. The cost of the dea...
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Zurich Financial raises rates as investments fallSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Zurich Financial Services AG, Switzerland's largest insurer, has increased prices for North America businesses to compensate for a drop in investment income. Zurich has ...
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General Mills sees no need for major acquisitionSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - General Mills Inc. Chief Financial Officer Donal Mulligan said he sees no need for a "transformational" acquisition similar to Kraft Foods Inc.'s proposed takeover of Ca...
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Tellabs rises 8.1 percent as investors bet on 'good news'Sep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Tellabs Inc., the supplier of network technology to AT&T Inc., rose to its highest in almost two years in Nasdaq trading as investors bet customer spending will pick up....
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Tenneco plant closure to cost 500 jobsSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Tenneco Inc., the largest North American maker of shock absorbers, said it will shut a factory in Cozad, Nebraska, by the end of next year and shift production of the pa...
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Area companies honored for family-friendly workplaceSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Abbott, Allstate and Kraft are area companies recognized on the annual Working Mother 100 Best list honoring companies for providing a family-friendly workplace. Working...
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Proposed federal agency has consumer groups, chambers at oddsSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - In the shadow of the health care reform controversy, President Obama's legislation to create a federal agency to oversee financial companies and their loan products sold...
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ConAgra Foods 1Q profit drops 63 percentSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. -- ConAgra Foods Inc. said Tuesday that its first-quarter profit dropped 63 percent compared with a year earlier -- when it sold a business -- but its adj...
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Comcast to start remote recordingSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - PITTSBURGH - Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable operator, plans to introduce a feature that will allow customers to program their digital video recorders remotely, br...
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Cadbury looks to force Kraft's hand on takeover bodSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Cadbury Plc, the world's second- biggest candy maker, asked U.K. regulators to force Kraft Foods Inc. to make a formal takeover bid or walk away from its proposal, accor...