Cook County Business
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Kimball Hill warns it may be casualtyJan 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Kimball Hill Inc. today warned it might become the latest Chicago-area victim of the national housing crisis. The Rolling Meadows-based homebuilder said in a filing toda...
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Brunswick to close Wisconsin bowling pin plantJan 13, 2008 10:00 pm - Brunswick Bowling & Billiards announced today that it is shifting bowling pin production from its Antigo, Wisc., facility to a contract manufacturer, resulting in the im...
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Waterproof remote wins an award for PDTJan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - So you happen to be leaning over the railing of your yacht and you dropped your remote control. If it's the U2 Waterproof System Controller, you're in luck. It'll float....
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EPA agrees to fine for Woodridge firmJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - WOODRIDGE -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it reached an agreement with Champion Packaging and Distribution for alleged clean air violations at it...
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Computer Word gains credit lineJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - GE Capital Solutions' Commercial Distribution Finance unit recently approved a multi-million dollar credit line for Hoffman Estates-based Computer Word Processing System...
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Brokers conference to focus on business buysJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - The Midwest Business Brokers & Intermediaries' holds its annual conference, billed "M&A Deal or No Deal," Jan. 24 and 25 at the Holiday Inn Express, Rosemont. MBBI is a...
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Many changes likely from Delta-United mergerJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - UAL Corp.'s United Airlines has been flirting with other legacy carriers since it emerged from bankruptcy two years ago. It's been practically begging for a suitor and ...
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Chicago new home permits downJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - New-home permits were down about 28 percent in the Chicago area in 2007 compared with the more prosperous 2006 -- and 2008 could be worse. That was the word from a forum...
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Ace Hardware suffered $152 million accounting mistakeJan 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Officials of Ace Hardware say they have discovered that a mid-level employee at the chain's Oak Brook headquarters made innocent but enormously expensive and incorrect e...
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Save-A-Lot selects Nielsen marketingJan 10, 2008 10:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG -- The Nielsen Co. said Thursday it signed an agreement with Save-A-Lot as its provider of marketing information for merchandising and market decision support...