Cook County Business
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CGL opens New Mexico stationJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - DOWNERS GROVE - Concert Group Logistics, a Downers Grove-based leader in transportation logistics, has announced the opening of its Albuquerque, New Mexico station under...
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Buffalo Grove couple offers big taste at Big ShermsJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - When Mark and Jenni Sherman celebrate their first wedding anniversary Monday, they'll most likely toast the opening of their new business as well. About two months ago, ...
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Discover Spending Monitor fallsJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - RIVERWOODS - The Discover U.S. Spending Monitor fell for the first time in four months from 86.2 to 85.6 (based out of 100), as consumer attitudes toward the economy rev...
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IFS partners with German firmJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - ITASCA - IFS, a global enterprise applications company, Wednesday announced that Huf Hlsbeck & Frst GmbH & Co., a provider of mechanical and electronic components for ca...
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Verizon asks FCC for greater HD accessJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Verizon Communications Inc., seeking high-definition TV coverage of the New York Knicks and Rangers, asked regulators to order Cablevision Systems Corp. and its Madison ...
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NRG Energy turns down Exelon's revised offerJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - PRINCETON, N.J. -- NRG Energy Inc. said Wednesday that it has turned down Exelon Corp.'s revised hostile takeover bid of $8 billion in stock because it undervalues the b...
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Pepsi's Russia push not without challengesJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - DOMODEDOVO, Russia -- PepsiCo opened an immense new bottling plant outside Moscow on Wednesday as it bets on Russia to become its biggest market outside the United State...
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Walgreen lifts quarterly dividend to 13.75 centsJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD -- Drugstore operator Walgreen Co. is raising its quarterly dividend by about 22 percent, to 13.75 cents from 11.25 cents. Walgreen calls the move a show of co...
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PrivateBancorp speeds growth after buying failed bankJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - PrivateBancorp's purchase of the failed Founders Bank last week gives the lender an expanded roster of commercial customers and a branch network in Chicago's suburbs, wh...
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1,000 suburban workers to get pink slipsJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - More than 1,000 workers at various suburban companies - including another 74 at Motorola Inc. - are expected to be laid off this summer due to closings or downsizings. M...