McHenry County Business
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Gurnee truck stop plans expansion, but trustee appear cool to ideaDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Gurnee would become more desirable for long-haul truckers under a proposal floated to the village board this week. Plans call for redevelopment of the Gurnee Fuel Stop o...
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Boeing completes first tests for 747-8 enginesDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - EVERETT, Wash. -- Boeing Co. said Wednesday that it has completed the first tests on engines for its 747-8 freighter, moving the delay-plagued jet one step closer to a f...
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Boeing start final testing for 787Dec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Boeing Co. has started "final gauntlet" testing on its first 787 jetliner, an important step before the new plane makes its first flight. In an e-mail Wednesd...
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Hartmarx to sell idle Michigan City plantDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Hartmarx Corp., the Chicago-based men's suit maker that sold the business in August, will undertake the sale of a former distribution facility in Michigan City, Indiana,...
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High Court questions Conrad Black's convictionDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned the conviction of Conrad Black, the former Hollinger Inc. chairman who is serving a 6½-year prison sentence for mail fraud and obs...
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Pepsi Bottlers win preliminary class-action suit approvalDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. and PepsiAmericas Inc. won preliminary approval to settle a class- action lawsuit filed by investors challenging a buyout bid by PepsiCo Inc., ...
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Judge: Six Flags not ready to exit bankruptcyDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Six Flags Inc., the New York-based theme park owner, lost a bid to finance its exit from bankruptcy with loans and a stock sale when a judge said breakup fees in the pro...
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Report: Kraft's Cadbury bid based on 'flawed' logicDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Kraft Foods Inc.'s unsolicited bid for Cadbury Plc is based on a "flawed argument" that uses a historical valuation, which doesn't fairly value the Dairy Milk maker, Cre...
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No 'mom jeans' to be found at Hot MamaDec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - There is a new store along the Randall Road corridor that is hoping to help moms look hot both while they're pregnant and long afterward, too. Hot Mama opened last month...
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Chicago's Joffco Square file Chapter 11Dec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - River West Plaza-Chicago LLC, the owner of the Joffco Square shopping center on West Roosevelt Road in Chicago, filed a Chapter 11 petition on Dec. 7 in its hometown aft...