Cook County Business
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Motorola could buy companiesSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG - Motorola Inc., the U.S. maker of walkie-talkies for emergency crews, may consider acquiring other businesses to offer more services and devices such as hand...
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Landscaping firm unveils plansSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - BARTLETT - Sebert Landscaping Co. in Bartlett is breaking ground Friday, Sept. 18, on a new 12,000-square-foot, two-story headquarters building designed to meet certific...
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Del Medical launches upgradesSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - ROSELLE - Del Global Technologies Corp. has announced the launch of the Gemini V Series of Digital Flat Panel Detectors as a field upgradeable retrofit for the medical i...
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Arlington Hts. native now runs one of the world's biggest corporationsSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - The man who now heads the world's largest consumer products company, Procter & Gamble, grew up in Arlington Heights. Bob McDonald, 56, took over as CEO of the 172-year-o...
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Former employees sue Barrington PoolsSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Two former employees filed suit against Barrington Pools Tuesday in U.S. District Court seeking back pay for overtime. Citing federal and state statutes, John Tokarz and...
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Baxter gives 5-year earnings, sales growth goalsSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Specialty drug and medical device maker Baxter International said Wednesday it is aiming for annual earnings-per-share growth of 11 to 13 percent over the ne...
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Motorola may go shopping, enterprise chief saysSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Motorola Inc., the U.S. maker of walkie-talkies for emergency crews, may consider acquiring other businesses to offer more services and devices such as handheld computer...
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RC2 unveils new lineupSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - OAK BROOK - RC2 Corp. has introduced several new lines designed to provide innovative solutions for today's families at the 2009 ABC Kids Expo in Las Vegas. The Learnin...
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Longtime candy maker sticks to basicsSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Kay Giglio started making hand-dipped chocolate nearly 60 years ago to give as gifts to family and friends at Christmas time. Now 82, she's still making chocolate -- an...
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Discover credit-card write-offs increased to 9.16 percentSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Discover Financial Services, the credit-card company that took $1.2 billion from the Treasury Department's rescue fund, said defaults rose in August. Charge-offs for loa...