Cook County Business
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Northrop Grumman to outfit helicoptersJan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - ROLLING MEADOWS - Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded separate contracts to outfit U.S. Marine Corps CH-53D and CH-46E helicopters with the company's Directional Inf...
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DeVry plans expansion into India, ChinaJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - DeVry Inc., the second-largest publicly traded U.S. school owner by market value, plans to boost international sales by expanding into new markets including Brazil, Chin...
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Verizon, Microsoft unite in mobile searchJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Microsoft Corp. forged deals to make its search engine the default software on most Dell Inc. consumer computers and Verizon Wireless mobile phones, stepping up its effo...
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Aon unit fined $7.9 mil over suspect paymentsJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - A U.K. unit of Aon Corp., the world's largest insurance broker, received a record 5.25 million pound ($7.9 million) fine from Britain's Financial Services Authority for ...
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Walgreen to sell 10-year notes to repay debtJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Deerfield-based Walgreen Co., the second-largest U.S. drugstore chain, plans to sell 10-year notes as soon as today to repay debt, according to a person familiar with th...
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Sears climbs after profit forecast beat estimatesJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Sears Holdings Corp., the largest U.S. department-store company, jumped the most in five years after its profit forecasts beat some analysts' estimates. The retailer sai...
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Walgreen eliminating 1,000 jobs as part of restructuring planJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Drugstore giant Walgreen Co. announced its first layoffs ever Tuesday with plans to slash 1,000 jobs by midyear. The job cuts, about 9 percent of the work force, at the...
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Ind. town opposes Northbrook firm's plans for medical waste plantJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - ANDERSON, Ind. -- The mayor of Anderson, Ind., says he opposes construction of a plant that would vaporize pharmaceutical and electronics waste. Mayor Kris Ockomon told ...
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Discover shares battered by reports of massive Dec. job lossesJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Discover Financial Services, the Riverwoods-based credit-card company, fell the most in almost a month of New York trading after a private report showed U.S. employers c...
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Pitching Michelle ObamaJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Kathryn Kerrigan, a 28-year-old Libertyville shoe designer, is hoping her pumps make it to the White House. The entrepreneurial marketing teacher at Loyola University h...