DuPage County Business
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NRG tells shareholders: Spurn Exelon's $6 billion bidNov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - NRG Energy Inc. urged its shareholders to reject a hostile $6 billion takeover offer from Exelon Corp. that would create the largest U.S. power producer. “A combinatio...
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Cash-short UAL gets waiver in penaltyNov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - UAL Corp.'s United Airlines said its largest credit-card processor temporarily waived a penalty that takes effect if the carrier doesn't maintain a minimum cash balance,...
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Analyst: Cell phone sales will drop in 2009Nov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Worldwide mobile-phone sales will decline next year, the first drop since 2001, as economic growth slows, researcher Gartner Inc. said. Shipments will fall by a ``low si...
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Falling fuel prices sting UAL, force carrier to put up more collateralNov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Falling oil prices have forced United Airlines to put up hundreds of millions of dollars in new collateral on fuel hedges that have turned against it, and...
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Hyundai names Krafcik acting U.S. chiefNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Hyundai Motor Co. named John Krafcik acting chief executive officer of its U.S. division, replacing Jong Eun Kim as South Korea's largest automaker faces its first U.S. ...
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Exelon ramps up Dresden reactorNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Exelon Corp. ramped up the Dresden 3 reactor in Illinois to 98 percent of capacity from 5 percent Nov. 21, according to a report from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commiss...
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Orvis Company opens at YorktownNov 21, 2008 10:00 pm - LOMBARD - Orvis Company opened at The Shops on Butterfield at Lombard's Yorktown Center. The fly-fishing retailer was founded in 1856 as a small bamboo fly rod shop in V...
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Humbug store opens in Long GroveNov 21, 2008 10:00 pm - LONG GROVE - The Humbug store recently opened at 225 Robert Parker Coffin Road. Tobin Fraley is the owner of the shop featuring the mischievous little fellow. He also wr...
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GMAC files with Fed for bank holding statusNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- GMAC Financial Services has applied to the Federal Reserve to become a bank holding company, which would allow General Motors' financing arm to be eligible f...
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Borealis light bulbs illuminate Daley treeNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - NAPERVILLE - Borealis Lighting Systems, developed and manufactured by PolyBrite International, announced that Borealis energy efficient LED light bulbs will be strung on...