Cook County Business
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CF Industries goes hostile with bid for TerraFeb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - CF Industries Holdings Inc., a U.S. maker of nitrogen fertilizer, took a $2.41 billion all-stock takeover offer directly to the shareholders of rival crop- nutrient prod...
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Waste Management plans $800 mil debt saleFeb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Waste Management Inc., North America's largest trash hauler, plans to sell $800 million of 6- and 10-year notes, according to a person familiar with the offering. The sa...
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BoA raises UAL to 'buy'Feb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - United Airlines parent UAL Corp. was raised to "buy" from "neutral" at Bank of America Corp. "While the company, like most airlines, faces a very challenging 2009, we fe...
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Baxter to sell $350 mil of 5-year notesFeb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Baxter International Inc., the world's largest maker of blood-disease treatments, plans to sell $350 million of five-year notes, according to a person familiar with the ...
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Northrop says scout plane on track for 2010Feb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Northrop Grumman Corp. said the E-2D plane, the next-generation version of the E-2C Hawkeye surveillance aircraft, is "on track" to enter service in 2010 for the U.S. Na...
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UAL among leaders after analyst urges buyFeb 22, 2009 10:00 pm - United Airlines parent UAL Corp. and Continental Airlines Inc. led gains among U.S. carriers after a Calyon Securities analyst said now is the time to buy. UAL jumped as...
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Movers & shakersFeb 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Red Oak Marketing, Lake Forest, a provider of full service customer care and communications solutions, appointed Tom Michel as senior vice president of sales. Michel, wh...
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New chief at Navistar financialFeb 20, 2009 10:00 pm - WARRENVILLE-- David Johanneson, a 36-year veteran in the truck industry, has been named president and chief executive officer of Navistar Financial Corporation, a owned ...
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Takeda stops developing drug for blood infectionFeb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Asia's biggest drugmaker with operations in Deerfield, ended late-stage trials of a treatment for severe blood infections, saying the medicati...
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UAL, US Airways lead slide on airlines' revenue outlookFeb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - US Airways Group Inc. and United Airlines parent UAL Corp. led shares of U.S. carriers lower on concern that domestic revenue declines have spread to international marke...