Cook County Business
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Business briefsAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Two companies buy steel facility WHEELING -- Steel companies Wheeling-Pittsburgh Corp. and Esmark Inc. said Thursday their joint venture has agreed to purchase substant...
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Entrepreneur brings dog grooming shop to her customersAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Rather than taking your dog to the groomer, Debbie Oswald brings her shop to you. Oswald recently launched Doggie Style: A Mobile Grooming Den. The Elk Grove Village en...
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Wilton sold to equity firmAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - A Chicago equity firm Wednesday acquired Woodridge-based Wilton Industries Inc. for roughly $700 million. GTCR Golder Rauner LLC acquired Wilton and Reading, Penn.-based...
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McCormick Place unveils west wingAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The massive $882 million McCormick Place West opens today, eight months ahead of schedule and under budget, convention officials said. Mayor Richard Daley and a host of ...
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Kraft Foods grows 3.7 percent in second-quarterAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Kraft Foods Inc. said Wednesday its second-quarter profit rose 3.7 percent on higher sales and lower restructuring charges for the nation's biggest food and beverage mak...
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Conrad Black ordered not to leave U.S.Aug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Conrad Black may not travel to Canada while awaiting sentencing for swindling the Hollinger International media empire he...
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Business briefsAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - RC2 net income drops 73 percent OAK BROOK -- RC2 Corp.'s net income for the second quarter plummeted 73 percent on the cost of a recall of its wooden toy trains and weak...
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Business briefsAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Brunswick verdict to affect 2Q profits LAKE FOREST -- Brunswick Corp. said Wednesday that a jury found for the plaintiff in a patent infringement suit against Brunswick ...
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Central States Trucking a Midwest success storyAug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Before sunrise, truck driver Don Brown points his 1999 Dodge pickup in the direction of Bensenville-based Central States Trucking Co., a commute he's done nearly every m...
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Walgreens bringing back "good old days"Aug 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Back in the "good old days," a customer might stroll into the neighborhood drug store to seek advice from the pharmacist about a nagging cough, then walk over to the cou...