McHenry County Business
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Discover profit falls due to year-ago settlementSep 19, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Increased use of its credit cards and improved customer payment habits helped lift Discover Financial Services Co.'s fiscal third-quarter results, the compan...
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Chicago's Invenergy plans wind turbines in MichiganSep 19, 2010 11:00 pm - BRECKENRIDGE, Mich. -- A company is moving forward with plans to build 125 wind turbines near Breckenridge in Gratiot County. Invenergy Wind announced last week that the...
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William Blair sued over Chicago meter privatizationSep 19, 2010 11:00 pm - William Blair & Co. was sued by a Chicago resident who accused the investment firm of failing to properly assess the value of a $1.15 billion, 75-year parking meter priv...
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Continental, United merger contested in federal courtSep 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Continental Airlines Inc.'s merger with UAL Corp., approved by shareholders Sept. 17, should be blocked because the combination would create a monopoly, a lawyer represe...
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United, Continental fliers to see merger changes start in 2011Sep 19, 2010 11:00 pm - UAL Corp.'s United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc. are targeting early 2011 to start blending passenger-service operations as they merge to create the world's lar...
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Tribune Co. may be reorganized under new bankruptcy planSep 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Newspaper publisher Tribune Co. could end up being reorganized under the Chapter 11 plan filed on Sept. 17 by Oaktree Capital Management LP and Angelo Gordon & Co., whos...
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New restaurant brings unique flavor to GenevaSep 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Salsa dancers may not be shaking on the dance floor at Eñye just yet, but they're coming. In the meantime, the owners of Geneva's first Latin American restaurant at 330 ...
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Roskam honors Des Plaines company for 55 years in businessSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Des Plaines Office Equipment celebrated 55 years in business this summer with a ceremony at its Elk Grove Village location. President Chip Miceli, of Palatine, and VP Vi...
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Discover to buy Citigroup student loan businessSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - BOSTON -- Citigroup Inc. said Friday it is selling its student loan business and about $32 billion in related assets to Riverwoods-based Discover Financial Services and ...
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Boeing plans to ratchet up 737 production to 38 per monthSep 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Boeing Co., seeing a resurgence in demand for jetliners as air travel recovers, plans to boost production of its bestselling, $69 million 737 single-aisle airplane by 8....