McHenry County Business
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United president to workers: Don't focus on merger reportsApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - The president of Chicago-based United Airlines Thursday wouldn't discuss speculation of merger talks with US Airways, and instead asked his employees to focus just on th...
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Boeing sued for breach of contractApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Boeing Co., builder of the 787 Dreamliner passenger plane, has been sued for $175 million by Evergreen International Airlines Inc., which accused the Chicago-based aeros...
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CF Industries gets $2.3 billion in acquisition loansApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - A unit of CF Industries Holdings Inc., the second-largest maker of nitrogen-based fertilizers, obtained $2.3 billion in financing to fund its takeover of Terra Industrie...
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Fortune Brands wins Maker's Mark disputeApr 06, 2010 11:00 pm - While Diageo PLC doesn't have to pay money damages to Fortune Brands Inc.'s Maker's Mark unit, the London-based company is barred from using a red dripping-wax seal on i...
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Nycomed, Baxter get approval for Tachosil patchApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Nycomed and its partner Baxter International Inc. said they received approval for TachoSil, a surgical patch, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an adjunct to...
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Print newspapers to survive a decade, Sun-Times' Tyree saysApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Printed newspapers will probably survive as much as a decade before being largely replaced by digital news, said James Tyree, who led the October buyout of the Chicago S...
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U.K. lawmakers attack U.S. firm Kraft after mergerApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - LONDON -- A cross-party committee of British lawmakers has accused Kraft Foods Inc. of acting "irresponsibly and unwisely" during its $17.5 billion takeover of Cadbury. ...
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Mac and cheese, not soup, this recession's comfort foodApr 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Frozen pizza, microwave dinners and macaroni and cheese are eating into Campbell Soup Co.'s U.S. sales. Discounting by Campbell, the biggest U.S. soup maker, failed to l...
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Trib lenders want to more deeply examine Zell takeoverApr 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Some of the secured lenders to newspaper publisher Tribune Co. want to examine documents held by Centerbridge Partners LP. The lenders, themselves under attack for their...
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Six Flags files amended bankruptcy plan to complete settlementApr 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Theme-park operator Six Flags Inc. filed an amended reorganization plan on April 2 carrying out the settlement announced in bankruptcy court on March 19. The settlement ...