McHenry County Business
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Luxury used car dealership coming to PalatineMar 02, 2010 10:00 pm - Fidelity Motor Group recently bought its first piece of inventory - a 2009 Bentley - for the bargain price of $141,000. One wouldn't think there'd be much demand for Rol...
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CF issues new $4.74 billion offer for TerraMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- CF Industries made a new $4.74 billion offer for Terra Industries on Tuesday, just six weeks after vowing to end its hostile pursuit of the fertilizer produc...
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Unemployed worried about loss of extended benefitsMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Ken Hajduk of Mount Prospect made his career in the association management field and, more recently, at a company involved with trade shows. But the slowdown of the conv...
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Caterpillar wins cut in $54 million jury verdict over tractorMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest bulldozer maker, persuaded a judge to cut a $56.3 million jury award to a worker paralyzed in an accident involving one of the comp...
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Batavia Bennigan's site could become breakfast spotMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - Batavia officials will review plans Wednesday to turn the former Bennigan's restaurant into the Honey-Jam Cafe. The plan commission will discuss the restaurant's applica...
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General Growth's Brookfield plan risky, creditors sayMar 01, 2010 10:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc. may be prejudiced in favor of a risky bid from Brookfield Asset Management Inc. because of that company's agreement with William Ackman's ...
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HSBC profit rises 2 percent to $5.8 billionFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - LONDON -- HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe's largest bank, reported Monday that full-year profit rose 2 percent as sharply lower operating costs helped offset an increase in lo...
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Six Flags management may be on the way outFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Incumbent management of Six Flags Inc. evidently will lose their jobs if holding company noteholders succeed in taking over the theme-park operator by winning confirmati...
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Baxter to buy bone graft developerFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Baxter International Inc. announced it would buy a London developer of next generation bone graft material for up to $330 million. The Deerfield-based company said it wi...
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Astellas Pharma plans $3.5 bil. takeover bid for OSIFeb 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Japanese drugmaker Astellas Pharma Inc. said Monday it will take a $3.5 billion takeover offer for OSI Pharmaceuticals directly to shareholders after being rebuffed seve...