DuPage County Business
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Naperville bank among Illinois facilities shut by FDICApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Regulators on Friday shut down six other banks in Illinois, putting the number of U.S. bank failures this year at 57. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to...
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Nicor parent aims to expand shipping, other retail businessesApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Naperville-based Nicor Inc., the holding company for Nicor Gas and Tropical Shipping, said Thursday it aims to expand its Caribbean shipping business with more acquisiti...
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Exelon's 1Q earnings increase 5 percentApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Exelon Corp. said Friday that its first-quarter earnings rose 5 percent and that electricity demand and residential customer growth is starting to pick up as the economy...
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DeVry declines amid 'diversification' concernApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - DeVry Inc., the owner of for-profit technical schools and colleges, had the biggest drop in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index on concern the company faces enrollment decli...
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Johnson Controls turns profit, raises forecastApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Johnson Controls Inc. said Friday it earned $274 million in its fiscal second quarter, as sales improved across all its business lines. The maker of buildin...
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Acura down 44 percent after FDA rejects AcuroxApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Acura Pharmaceuticals Inc. plunged the most in almost eight years after the company failed to win a U.S. panel's backing to sell its experimental painkiller Acurox. The ...
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Travelers 1Q profit slips on catastrophesApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Travelers Cos. says that costs of insuring against the damage caused by the Chilean earthquake and severe winter weather in the eastern United States led to a 2 percent ...
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Addison company rewards employees for Earth DayApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Every day is about being green at Addison-based Earth Friendly Products, so the company on Thursday found a different way to celebrate the 40th annual Earth Day. Employe...
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Sears buys control of Canada operations, could take unit privateApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Sears Holdings Corp., the biggest U.S. department-store company, agreed to buy William Ackman's hedge fund's stake in Sears Canada Inc., in a move that would allow it to...
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Navistar factions spar over future of proposed Lisle HQApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Opponents of Navistar's proposed move to a Lisle office complex say some assurances about future growth will go a long way in easing many of their concerns about the eng...