Cook County Business
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Allstate surveys teens on drivingDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - A survey commissioned by Northbrook-based Allstate Insurance said Thursday that nearly 90 percent of teens said they hope their friends will be safer on the road in 2008...
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Crowe ranks among top firmsDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - OAK BROOK -- Crowe Group LLP, parent company of Crowe Chizek and Co. LLC, again is listed among the top 10 accounting firms by Public Accounting Report. The firm is rank...
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Motorola sues HP in contract disputeDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc. is suing long-time partner Hewlett-Packard in a dispute over a multi-million dollar police and fire dispatch system in New York City. The lawsuit, filed De...
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Aon CEO Case lauds terrorism billDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - NORTHBROOK -- Aon Corp. Chief Executive Officer Greg Case on Wednesday praised President Bush for signing a seven-year extension to the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, set...
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A few New Year's resolutions for small-business ownersDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - Here are suggestions from three top small-business advisers about what a business owner might do to make 2008 a better year. Tony Massarro, tax partner at Porte Brown LL...
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Profits and prescriptionsDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - GlaxoSmithKline LLC recently joined a host of retailers and AIDS activists suing Abbott Laboratories for increasing the price of its HIV drug Norvir. Challenges from the...
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Plum Grove wins three awardsDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - HOFFMAN ESTATES -- Plum Grove Printers announced it has won three 2007 American Graphic Design Awards, recognizing outstanding graphic design. The Hoffman Estates-based ...
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Sport Clips opens in CarpentersvilleDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - CARPENTERSVILLE -- A new Sport Clips store has opened at Spring Hill Mall in Carpentersville. It features a big-screen TV in the waiting room and chairs with televisions...
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United vows to do better after third day of massive flight cancellationsDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - For a third consecutive day, United Airlines took it on the nose Wednesday for continuing to cancel hundreds of flights but promised to do better today, despite upsettin...
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Ho elected to Underwriters boardDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - NORTHBROOK -- Underwriters Laboratories announced that Dominic Ho has been elected to its board of trustees. Ho most recently served as chairman of the worldwide consult...