Business Stories from April 25, 2014 (Change date)
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Kraft cutting 60 jobs in Champaign, 225 elsewhereApr 25, 2014 6:10 pm - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Kraft Foods Group Inc. says it will lay off 60 people in Champaign as part of a plan to cut 285 jobs around the country. Company spokeswoman Joyce Hode...
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Visa's 2Q profit jumps 26 pct. as payments growApr 25, 2014 7:42 am - Visa Inc.'s profit jumped 26 percent in its fiscal second quarter from a year earlier as the company benefited from strong growth in payments volume, service revenue and...
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Hot Dog Richies to help Palatine girlApr 25, 2014 4:58 pm - Hot Dog Richie's restaurant will be donating 20 percent of this weekend's profits to nine-year-old Rosie Colucci, who has battled illness all her life and currently has ...
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Historic day as Northwestern players vote on unionApr 26, 2014 10:40 am - In a historic vote, Northwestern University football players cast secret ballots Friday on whether to form the nation's first union for college athletes - a decision tha...
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Historic day as Northwestern players vote on unionApr 26, 2014 11:12 am - In a historic vote, Northwestern University football players cast secret ballots Friday on whether to form the nation's first union for college athletes - a decision tha...
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Disabled man sues McDonald's over confrontationApr 26, 2014 10:40 am - Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS - A Minneapolis man with muscular dystrophy is suing the owner of a McDonald's, saying the restaurant twice resisted his attempts to buy foo...
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Nevada rancher defends remarks, loses supportersApr 26, 2014 11:28 am - LAS VEGAS - A Nevada rancher who became a conservative folk hero for standing up to the government in a fight over grazing rights lost some of his staunch defenders afte...
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Manufacturer shutting down McHenry County factoryApr 26, 2014 10:40 am - Executives at a manufacturing company say they're laying off 135 workers and closing a factory in Ringwood. Modine Manufacturing engineers and manufactures heat transfer...
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Grayslake dry cleaner employee still hospitalized after chemical, steam explosionApr 25, 2014 10:34 pm - An employee at a Grayslake dry cleaner remains hospitalized with burns suffered in a chemical and steam explosion from an equipment malfunction at the business, authorit...
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Ford's profit falls 39 percent in first quarterApr 25, 2014 12:28 pm - DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Co.'s worldwide sales rose in the first quarter, propelled by growing strength in Asia and Europe. But weakness in North America dragged do...
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