Will County Business
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NRG tells shareholders: Spurn Exelon's $6 billion bidNov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - NRG Energy Inc. urged its shareholders to reject a hostile $6 billion takeover offer from Exelon Corp. that would create the largest U.S. power producer. “A combinatio...
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Hyundai names Krafcik acting U.S. chiefNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Hyundai Motor Co. named John Krafcik acting chief executive officer of its U.S. division, replacing Jong Eun Kim as South Korea's largest automaker faces its first U.S. ...
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Exelon ramps up Dresden reactorNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Exelon Corp. ramped up the Dresden 3 reactor in Illinois to 98 percent of capacity from 5 percent Nov. 21, according to a report from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commiss...
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Borealis light bulbs illuminate Daley treeNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - NAPERVILLE - Borealis Lighting Systems, developed and manufactured by PolyBrite International, announced that Borealis energy efficient LED light bulbs will be strung on...
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BP restarting long-idle refineryNov 16, 2008 10:00 pm - BP Plc, Europe's second-largest oil company by market value, will begin restoring a gasoline-making unit in Texas City, Texas, to operation after a three-year shutdown, ...
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These banks aren't looking for a bailoutNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - First Community Bank in Naperville opened a few months ago in an unlikely spot: a storefront in a strip mall anchored by Starbucks and shadowed by Costco. The newbie is...
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What's happening one year after Neumann Homes bankruptcyNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Dirt mounds and partially built houses in Antioch's NeuHaven and Clublands subdivisions are among the reminders of a dubious anniversary. Neumann Homes had finished half...
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Costco set to open in St. Charles on FridayNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - The doors of the hotly-pursued new Costco store in St. Charles will open to public at 8 a.m. Friday. The 148,000-square-foot warehouse store is expected by city official...
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Naperville-based OfficeMax to lay off 250 workersNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Naperville-based OfficeMax Inc. said Thursday it plans to lay off 245 workers at its North American stores as part of its ongoing cost cutting measures amid a tough econ...
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Exelon sues NRG, directors for rejecting $5.71 bil offerNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Exelon Corp. sued NRG Energy Inc. over claims its board of directors refused to properly consider a $5.71 billion takeover offer. The NRG directors have ``unjustifiably'...