Cook County Business
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DuPage Habitat breaks ground on 11-home subdivisionJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - DuPage Habitat for Humanity's largest project - an 11-home subdivision with a distinct green flair - is starting to take shape in a West Chicago neighborhood. On Wednesd...
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Northrop Grumman unit gets $276.3M Air Force dealJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A unit of Northrop Grumman Corp., the nation's second-largest defense contractor, received a $276.3 million Air Force deal for a communications network tha...
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ConAgra Foods 4Q profit drops 13 percentJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. -- ConAgra Foods Inc. said Thursday that its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 13 percent as the prior-year period benefited from the sale of its commodity-t...
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Allstate reducing exposure to interest ratesJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Northbrook-based Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. auto insurer, said it's reducing its exposure to rising interest rates. The company plans to use more h...
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Days Inn completes renovationsJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - ELK GROVE VILLAGE - The Days Inn of Elk Grove Village said extensive property renovations are expected to be finalized on July 1. Guests will be greeted with a fresh ext...
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Verizon plans Android-based phones by year's endJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, may sell phones based on Google Inc.'s Android operating system in time for the year-end holiday shopping season...
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For Algonquin's Funky Things, location is everythingJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Becky Barrus loved the old house in downtown Algonquin where she first opened her business Funky Things. But more and more stores kept closing around her, and she starte...
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Chicago firm recalls ground beefJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - International Meat Co. of Chicago is recalling 6,152 pounds (2.8 metric tons) of ground-beef products that may have been contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Dep...
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Abilities Expo this week in SchaumburgJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - The Abilities Expo Chicagoland brings the disability marketplace together for three days to see new products, learn about advances in technology and provide free worksho...
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UAL helps lead Airlines Index slideJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - US Airways Group Inc. and United Airlines parent UAL Corp. led U.S. carriers to a three-month low in New York trading as oil rose and an analyst said travel demand remai...