Cook County Business
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Moody's downgrades Deerfield's KinetekJun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Kinetek Inc., a manufacturer of electric motors, gears and electronic motion controls, has experienced a "precipitous drop in demand across the company's key end-markets...
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Navistar's IC Bus offers new enginesJun 15, 2009 11:00 pm - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will implement more stringent emissions requirements for on-highway diesel engines beginning in January 2010. As a result, the p...
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Northfield-based Knight-Celotex to liquidateJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - The reorganization of Knight-Celotex LLC, which called itself the world's largest fiberboard manufacturer, was changed on June 11 to a liquidation in Chapter 7 where a t...
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Baxter in talks to sell swine flu vaccine to IndiaJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Baxter International Inc., the largest maker of blood-disease treatments, said it is in talks with the Indian government to start supplying a swine flu vaccine as early ...
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Engine light diagnosis is not often quick thingJun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. Will there be a charge to tell me why my "Check Engine Light" is on? A. Maybe, maybe not! This is a question we get asked a lot when someone has a "Check E...
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Baxter in 'full production' of swine flu vaccineJun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Specialty drug maker Baxter International Inc. says it's in "full scale" production of a swine flu vaccine that will be commercially available in July. The Deerfield-bas...
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Sprint to sell network assets after ruling for Schaumburg companyJun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Sprint NexteL Corp., the third- biggest U.S. wireless carrier, plans to sell some network assets in Midwestern states to comply with an Illinois court ruling in a disput...
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Former Motorola executive Mitchell dies, key player in wirelessJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - John F. Mitchell of Inverness, a key architect of wireless communications and one of the original patent holders on Motorola's DynaTac portable phone prototype, died Thu...
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Pizza chain headquarters could come to Prospect HeightsJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The corporate headquarters for a growing national pizza chain could come to Prospect Heights if the project receives city approval Monday. Sarpino's Pizzeria, currently ...
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Plunkett Furniture ending businessJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Hoffman Estates-based Plunkett Furniture is closing its doors. The company, founded in 1931 by Hugh Plunkett, is conducting liquidation at its five remaining locations i...