DuPage County Business
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NRG shareholders reject Exelon, ends takeover bidJul 20, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio - Exelon, parent company of Chicago-based ComEd, said Tuesday it has ended its $7.4 billion bid to create the nation's largest power generating company by...
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RIM says Nortel blocked It from bidding on assetsJul 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry phone, said Nortel Network Corp. blocked it from bidding on Nortel assets up for sale by imposing restrictions it didn't...
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Splash Dogs Inc. in Des Plaines helps dogs healJul 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Jill Morgenthaler was torn over whether Bert, her 10-year-old Labrador mix, should undergo surgery to repair an injured knee and hip. The Des Plaines woman, not thrille...
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Redbox to pay Sony $460 million for DVDsJul 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Coinstar Inc.'s Redbox division said it will pay Sony Pictures an estimated $460 million over five years to carry the studio’s DVDs in video-rental kiosks. Oak Brook-b...
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Caterpillar rises on Bank of America upgradeJul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest maker of construction equipment, rose the most since April after a Bank of America Corp. analyst raised his rating on the shares an...
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Beatty: No video in Trib 'Dick Tracy' suitJul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Actor Warren Beatty, in a lawsuit with Tribune Co. over television and movie rights to comic-strip character Dick Tracy, doesn't want his deposition to be videotaped. He...
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Exelon-NRG fight comes to head, maybeJul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBUS, Ohio -- After a nine-month fight, Exelon's $7.4 billion, all-stock bid to create the nation's largest power generator by buying NRG Energy is coming to a head,...
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Johnson Controls income fell 63 percent in 3QJul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Johnson Controls Inc. said Monday its fiscal third-quarter earnings fell 63 percent, despite cost cutting to control expenses amid weakened economic conditi...
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Jenner & Block Hires GM's counselJul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Jenner & Block LLP, the Chicago-based firm of about 450 lawyers, hired General Motors Corp. general counsel Robert Osborne. Osborne, 54, who previously worked for Jenner...
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Lenders file forcible Chapter 11 petition against Wilton HoldingsJul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Two lenders filed an involuntary Chapter 11 petition in Delaware against Wilton Holdings Inc., a Woodridge-based baking- and crafts-supply company. The creditors filing ...