Cook County Business
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DeVry's Becker in partnershipAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - OAKBROOK TERRACE - Becker Professional Education, a subsidiary of DeVry Inc. Monday announced a partnership with the Howard University School of Business Center for Acco...
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Redbox reaches home-video deal with Lions GateAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Coinstar Inc.'s Redbox division agreed to pay Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. $158 million over five years to distribute the studio's DVDs in rental kiosks. Redbox is bas...
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Gasification test facility opensAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - DES PLAINES - Gas Technology Institute commissioned an Advanced Gasification Test Facility, a five-level process research building that houses pilot-scale gasification a...
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Brunswick has huge day selling bondsAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Petroleum Co. of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd. and Brunswick Corp., the maker of Boston Whaler fishing boats, are marketing debt after borrowers sold $12.2 billion of bonds yes...
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SEC probes Huron Consulting in wake of scandalAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a probe of Huron Consulting Group Inc. in the wake of an accounting scandal at the legal and financial ad...
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Fire at Smurfit-Stone factoryAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - TORRINGTON, Conn. -- Dozens of Connecticut firefighters have contained a blaze at a former cardboard package factory in Torrington. The four-alarm fire at the former Smu...
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Hartmarx completes $128.4 million saleAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Hartmarx Corp., the maker of Hickey Freeman and Hart Schaffner Marx suits, completed its sale to private-equity firm Emerisque Brands U.K. Ltd. and its partner, SKNL Nor...
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Kraft Foods cuts water used in worldwide manufacturing by 21%Aug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Kraft Foods Inc., the world's second-largest foodmaker, said it cut water use worldwide by 21 percent, joining Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Whole Foods Market Inc. in effort...
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McDonald's July same-store sales rise 4.3 percentAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- McDonald's Corp. said Monday its same-store sales climbed 4.3 percent in July, as the nation's biggest hamburger chain benefited from budget-conscious consum...
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Big crowds continue at new, big WalmartAug 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Large crowds of shoppers watching their pocketbooks are expected to continue to swarm the newest suburban Walmart Supercenter this weekend. Police have been on hand to a...