Cook County Business
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Briefs: Zurich enhances directors coverageSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG -- Zurich Financial Services Group said Wednesday it expanded directors and officers liability insurance for middle market companies in North America. The enh...
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Briefs: Motorola considers touch screensSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Motorola Chief Financial Officer Tom Meredith said Wednesday the company could release wireless phones in the U.S. with touch-screen controls similar to Ap...
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Briefs: More Walgreens to openSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD -- Walgreen Co. said Wednesday it expects to open 550 stores in fiscal 2008, with 475 net new stores after relocations and closings. As of Friday, the company ...
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Ace Hardware finds $154 million errorSep 05, 2007 11:00 pm - Ace Hardware discovered an approximately $154 million shortfall on its books while preparing to convert from a retailer-owned cooperative to a for-profit corporation and...
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Briefs: Technology firms receive grant fundsSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich announced $190,000 in Opportunity Returns grants to four area technology-based firms to help these companies advance commercialization...
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Briefs: AirCell recognized as pioneer leaderSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - ITASCA -- AirCell was named to the annual FierceBroadband Wireless "Fierce 15" list of the top mobile broadband companies of the year. FierceBroadbandWireless editors ev...
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Boeing's new 787 won't fly until November or DecemberSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Boeing Co.'s new 787 jetliner will not begin flight testing until months later than originally planned, the head of the company's commercial airplanes unit said today. ...
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Briefs: Synegrate receives military contractSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - CARPENTERSVILLE -- Fox River Graphics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Synegrate Corp., announced an additional $100,000 contract with the Illinois Army National Guard to ...
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Walgreens reports August sales up 10 percentSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Walgreens had August sales of $4.62 billion, an increase of 10.3 percent from $4.19 billion for the same month in 2006, the Deerfield-based company reported today. Sales...
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Three car dealerships sold in SchaumburgSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - The Harold Zeigler Automotive Group announced Tuesday the acquisition of three dealerships in Schaumburg. In a sale finalized last week, Schaumburg Chrysler, Schaumburg ...