Cook County Business
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Gallagher acquires SellersMay 08, 2009 11:00 pm - ITASCA - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Friday announced the acquisition of Sellers Group LLC in The Woodlands, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Establishe...
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Butcher, baker, candy maker all leading downtown Lombard backMay 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Downtown Lombard is coming back to life. The bakery, candy store and cafe - all closed for a while - are back. A new butcher shop is open, and a women's clothing store i...
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Libertyville still hungry for upscale grocery storeMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Lack of progress on an upscale grocery store proposed more than two years ago has vexed Libertyville officials, but they're still hopeful investors can make the project ...
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United Airlines mechanics may switch unionsMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Mechanics at United Airlines are getting a chance to switch unions for the third time since 2003. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospac...
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McDonald's April same-store sales riseMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Sales of new espresso-based coffee drinks and chicken Snack Wraps helped boost McDonald's Corp.'s same-store sales by 6.9 percent in April, the nation's larg...
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Allstate CEO: We may raise residential ratesMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home insurer, may raise prices after a first-quarter underwriting loss on residential coverage. "We have work to do," in...
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State official threatens bank in suitmaker's bankruptcyMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, surrounded by dozens of workers at the Hart Schaffner & Marx manufacturing plant in Des Plaines Thursday morning, threatened ...
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Lundbeck makes ATryn availableMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD - Lundbeck Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of H. Lundbeck in Denmark, announced Wednesday that ATryn is now available in the United States. In February 2009, ...
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Communication to drive business forumMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - PALATINE - To help business people learn to communicate more effectively, The Women in Business Advisory Forum will offer a complimentary workshop titled "Impactful Comm...
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Meijer eyeing vacant Dominick's in Prospect HeightsMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Only the second Meijer's store in the Northwest suburbs may soon open in Prospect Heights. Instead of building a new store from the ground up -- like it did in Rolling M...