Cook County Business
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Briefs: Airline flight delays lower in AugustOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- U.S. airlines improved their on-time flight arrival rate to 71.7 percent in August, a small increase from July, which ranked as one of the industry's worst...
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Motorola details layoff expensesOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. has spent around $343 million for severance and other costs related to eliminating 5,100 jobs so far this year, the company said in a fili...
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Verizon unveils cell phone to rival Apple iPhoneOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- In time for the holidays, Verizon Wireless is launching a cell phone that looks a lot like the hottest phone so far this year: Apple Inc.'s iPhone. Like the ...
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Briefs: OSHA grant goes to local associationsOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - ROSEMONT -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday awarded more than $10 million grants to 55 nonprofit organizations fo...
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State unemployment above U.S. averageOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois unemployment rate in August rose to 5.4 percent, up 0.9 percentage points from the year-earlier 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Accord...
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Area financial planners to give free advice to callersOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - What's the best way to finance a new car? What's the best way to save for college? Should I do anything as a result of the market's all-time high? The numbers can get co...
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'Toad' sings boxcar bluesOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - [LA201 Double Recall] Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- The first recall was bad enough: A million-plus "Thomas & Friends" toys pulled because of lead paint. The second wa...
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Fortune Brands balances slowing of housing unitOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A single malt scotch may have little to do with the housing market, but Fortune Brands Inc.'s kismet is closely tied to both. The Deerfield-based company is ...
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McDonald's reportedly set to add cappuccinosOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - McDonald's Corp. plans to make specialty coffee drinks available in all of its U.S. restaurants by the end of 2008, according to a published report Monday. The world's l...
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Walgreen profit takes rare dipOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Shares of drugstore chain Walgreen Co. tumbled Monday after the usually solid retailer's fourth-quarter fell sharply short of expectations, causing its first earnings de...