McHenry County Business
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Grainger creates joint ventureJun 21, 2010 11:00 pm - LAKE FOREST - Grainger announced it has formed a joint venture with an affiliate of Torhefe S.A., THF International SAS. Grainger owns an 80 percent majority position in...
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New Crystal Lake business aims to get kids pumpedJun 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Jumping, bouncing, screaming children are business as usual for suburban fathers Storm Warner, Steve Butler and Mark Zatz. After purchasing Pump It Up of Crystal Lake fi...
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Corn Products to buy Akzo's National Starch divisionJun 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Corn Products International Inc., a U.S. corn refiner and maker of sweeteners, agreed to acquire Akzo Nobel NV's National Starch unit for $1.3 billion in cash to add pro...
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Abbott sues Novartis unit; claims patent infringementJun 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories sued Novartis AG's Sandoz unit to block sale of a generic copy of Niaspan, a drug used to increase so-called good cholesterol, accusing its Swiss riv...
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Hospital sues investment adviserJun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - Northwest Community Healthcare in Arlington Heights is suing Morgan Stanley for more than $7 million in losses sustained through subprime mortgage investments. According...
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Motorola to fund mobile devicesJun 18, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - A report in The Wall Street Journal citing unnamed sources says Motorola Inc. will buy back most of its debt and pump the bulk of its remaining cash into its ...
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Northrop to repurchase stockJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Northrop Grumman Corp., which has operations in Rolling Meadows, said Thursday that it has approved a plan to buy back up to 11 percent of the company's sh...
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Motorola, Imagine team upJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - AMSTERDAM - The Networks business of Motorola Inc. said Thursday it has teamed with Imagine Communication Group, Ireland's major supplier of WiMAX services to consumers ...
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Caterpillar May machine sales up 11 percentJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Caterpillar Inc. said Friday its machine sales worldwide jumped 11 percent in May compared with a year ago as a rebound in North American and Asian business ...
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S&C Electric gets $1 million in stimulus moneyJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - More than $1 million in federal stimulus money is on its way to S&C Electric Company for products that improve the distribution of electricity. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn a...