Cook County Business
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Verizon offers new flat rate, unlimited planFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - High-end mobile phone user? Tired of overage charges? Verizon Wireless believes it has your solution starting today. The service provider, which has its Midwest headquar...
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Motorola finishes Soundbuzz buyoutFeb 18, 2008 10:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG -- Motorola Inc. said Monday it successfully completed its acquisition of Soundbuzz Ltd., a Singapore-based music producer. The terms of the deal were not dis...
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Movers and shakersFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Paul Hemmer Cos., an Aurora-based real estate development, construction and building services firm, hired veteran broker Bill Fleener of Downers Grove as a senior sales ...
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Beanies are back for battleFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Ty, the company behind the Beanie Baby fad of the 1990s, is going head-to-head with Webkinz. Beanie Babies 2.0 are now hitting stores in an attempt to compete with the h...
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Revell to sell Star Wars modelsFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - NORTHBROOK -- Revell Friday announced its exclusive license to distribute SnapTite model kits for Star Wars. Some of the Star Wars kits available at Target, hobby stores...
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Kimball Hill moves to stay afloatFeb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - As Kimball Hill Inc. quakes, its customers and the home-building industry hold on tight. Chicagoans Terence and Anne Maynard have an unfinished three-bedroom home in Kim...
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Akorn signs deal for eye solutionFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - BUFFALO GROVE -- Akorn Inc. said Thursday it signed a five-year manufacturing and supply agreement with a major U.S. pharmaceutical company. Akorn will be responsible fo...
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Alcatel-Lucent signs equipment dealFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - HOFFMAN ESTATES -- AT&T selected Alcatel-Lucent to support the expansion of its high-speed wireless network. AT&T could then deploy radio network elements in many locati...
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Baxter supplier to be inspectedFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. regulators haven't inspected a Chinese plant that was a source for the active ingredient in heparin, a blood thinner from Baxter International Inc. linked to life-t...
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Businesswoman to expand Camille's cafe chain in Chicago areaFeb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Colleen Dermody has had her own share of learning experiences over the past 10 years of developing real estate. While working on her first building, for example, she lea...