Kendall County Business
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General Mills sees no need for major acquisitionSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - General Mills Inc. Chief Financial Officer Donal Mulligan said he sees no need for a "transformational" acquisition similar to Kraft Foods Inc.'s proposed takeover of Ca...
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Tellabs rises 8.1 percent as investors bet on 'good news'Sep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Tellabs Inc., the supplier of network technology to AT&T Inc., rose to its highest in almost two years in Nasdaq trading as investors bet customer spending will pick up....
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Proposed federal agency has consumer groups, chambers at oddsSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - In the shadow of the health care reform controversy, President Obama's legislation to create a federal agency to oversee financial companies and their loan products sold...
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ConAgra Foods 1Q profit drops 63 percentSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - PORTLAND, Ore. -- ConAgra Foods Inc. said Tuesday that its first-quarter profit dropped 63 percent compared with a year earlier -- when it sold a business -- but its adj...
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Caterpillar's dealer sales downSep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Caterpillar Inc. announced Monday that dealer sales of its heavy equipment dropped 48 percent in August. Locally, Caterpillar has operations in Montgomery. The world's l...
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Clothes Mentor store coming to Glendale HeightsSep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Clothes Mentor, an upscale women's resale chain, is expanding to Glendale Heights. The store is expected to open Saturday, Sept. 26, at 146 E. Army Trail Road, just eas...
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BP propane traders cleared of market corneringSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Four men who worked for a U.S.- based unit of BP Plc won dismissal of federal criminal charges that they tried to corner the market for propane gas and manipulate prices...
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Manufacturer opens 'green' headquarters in AuroraSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Freudenberg Household Products, an international manufacturer of cleaning and laundry products, is moving into its new North American headquarters in Aurora. About 300 e...
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Sara Lee closer to selling unitSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - DOWNERS GROVE - Sara Lee Corp. has made progress toward a plan to sell its international household and body-care unit, Chief Executive Officer Brenda Barnes said. "We've...
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Watching Leno? Then you won't miss McDonald's adsSep 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Jay Leno will race an electric Ford Focus and raffle prizes for McDonald's during his NBC show that starts tonight, demonstrating how far the network will go to pull in ...