Lake County Business
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Abbott to buy maker of heart valve repair devices for $400 millionSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories said it agreed to buy Evalve Inc., the maker of heart valve repair devices, for as much as $410 million. Libertyville Township-based Abbott will pay ...
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Cadbury investors consider Kraft's $16 million purchase bidSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Cadbury Plc investors including Mario Gabelli support the logic of Kraft Foods Inc.'s $16 billion bid for the British candy maker. They just want Kraft Chief Executive O...
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Grumman partners with SalexSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - ROLLING MEADOWS - Northrop Grumman Corp. announced the formation of a strategic alliance with SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, to compete for the U.S. Army's Commo...
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Tyree: I can save 1,200 'nicely-paying jobs' at Sun-TimesSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - James C. Tyree, head of a group that made a bid to pay $25 million for Sun-Times Media Group Inc., the bankrupt publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times, said the offer could ...
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Motorola introduces Google Android phoneSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The new social networking smartphone called Motorola Cliq launched Thursday and carries the hope of capturing the Facebook generation to boost the struggling Schaumburg-...
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Poland airline threatens to dump 787 DreamlinerSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT SA, Poland's national airline, said it may consider alternatives to Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner should the airplane maker further push back plan...
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Grainger reports sales drop 13 percent this August over lastSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Grainger, based in Lake Forest, reported sales results for the month of August declined 13 percent versus August 2008, primarily the result of weak demand across all cus...
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Iridium gets OK for liquidation planSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Iridium Operating LLC, the failed satellite-phone unit of Motorola Inc., won approval of a plan to liquidate, resolving its decade-long bankruptcy. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge...
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Motorola price target raised 20 percent at Deutsche BankSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Motorola Inc., the largest mobile- phone maker in the U.S., had its price target raised 20 percent to $12 at Deutsche Bank AG, which said the introduction of its first d...
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Fed's Evans says inflation 'under control'Sep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said inflation and expectations of future prices are currently "under control" unlike during a period of weak eco...