Cook County Business
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Argonne, BASF in deal for batteriesJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - DARIEN - U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Darien and BASF, the world's largest chemical company, Wednesday signed a worldwide licensing agreeme...
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Ace sets new board of directorsJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - OAK BROOK - Ace Hardware retailers James Hatcher III and Lori Terpstra were re-elected to Ace Hardware Corp.'s board of directors at the retailer-owned cooperative's ann...
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Northrop Calls for interceptor testJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - ROLLING MEADOWS - Northrop Grumman Corp., the third-largest U.S. defense contractor, called on the Defense Department to carry out the first flight test of a missile int...
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Two Internet firms announce mergerJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - OAK BROOK - Straight North announced that it completed its merger with Whoast Inc., a search engine marketing and Web development company that started in St. Charles. In...
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Customer connection crucial, consultant tells business leadersJun 02, 2009 11:00 pm - How do you keep customers coming in the doors of Geneva businesses, especially during rocky economic times? Connect, connect, connect, according to retail trends consult...
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Zebra starts layoffs, transition to ChinaJun 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Lincolnshire-based Zebra Technologies Corp. is on target to lay off about 150 workers at its Vernon Hills manufacturing facility, including a first wave of 64 by July, a...
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Agrium to scrap CF deal unless shareholders tenderJun 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Agrium Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mike Wilson said his company will abandon its proposed takeover of CF Industries Holdings Inc. if investors don't offer a "compelling...
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Verizon Wireless, LifeWatch ink deal for heart monitoring serviceJun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Verizon Wireless signed a multiyear, multimillion dollar exclusive deal today with Rosemont-based LifeWatch Corp. to provide wireless service for its cardiac monitors fo...
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Crowe Horwath completes mergerJun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - OAK BROOK - Crowe Horwath LLP, one of the top 10 public accounting and consulting firms in the nation, said Monday it has completed its previously-announced combination ...
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ComEd asks state for OK on smart grid pilotJun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Suburban homeowners often cringe with the onset of severe storms, anticipating damage or at least the loss of electricity. But, under a fee schedule created for next ye...