Cook County Business
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Store with 1,000 cheeses comes to Lake CountySep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - After Sunday night's Bears game against Green Bay, cheese may not be what suburbanites want to think about. But a new store that opened in Lake County could make them f...
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Illinois Tool Works reports revenue declineSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois Tool Works Inc., the maker of Hobart food mixers and Duo-Fast nail guns, said third-quarter profit will be higher than it previously expected because of improve...
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Analyst: Kraft likely the only player for CadburySep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Cadbury Plc, the U.K. confectioner that last week rejected a proposed offer from Northfield-based Kraft Foods Inc., is "unlikely" to receive a competing bid, Bank of Ame...
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Watching Leno? Then you won't miss McDonald's adsSep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Jay Leno will race an electric Ford Focus and raffle prizes for McDonald's during his NBC show that starts tonight, demonstrating how far the network will go to pull in ...
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Schaumburg-based Sprint affiliate sues over Virgin dealSep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate iPCS Inc. is asking an Illinois court to block the wireless provider's planned acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA Inc. Th...
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Agrium raising cash during CF Industries takeover bidSep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Agrium Inc., North America's third- largest fertilizer producer, said it may raise as much as $1 billion by issuing various securities as it attempts to acquire competit...
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Two RE/MAX offices joinSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - ELGIN- RE/MAX Excels, 1772 S. Randall Road in Geneva recently combined with RE/MAX Professionals East of St. Charles. The two offices have been under joint ownership sin...
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Piano teacher expands to studioSep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS - Sally Haas is expanding her business teaching piano lessons from her home to a studio at 1806 E. Northwest Hwy. in Arlington Heights. Haas started he...
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Abbott to buy maker of heart valve repair devices for $400 millionSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories said it agreed to buy Evalve Inc., the maker of heart valve repair devices, for as much as $410 million. Libertyville Township-based Abbott will pay ...
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VASCO launches new productSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - OAKBROOK TERRACE - VASCO Data Security Inc., a software security company specializing in authentication products announced a new version of aXsGUARD Identifier. aXsGUARD...