Algonquin Business
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Snowmobile dealers find plenty of white revs up salesJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - December's snow has equated to brisk sales at area snowmobile dealers. Retailers, especially those closer to the Wisconsin border, are reporting hikes in snowmobile sal...
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Washington Mutual to close branchesJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Washington Mutual told employees Friday it intends to close 25 local branches and cut about 150 jobs. The cutbacks are scheduled to be made by mid-April and will leave W...
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Market highs and lows hit area companies in 2007Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Public companies in the suburbs showed incredible gains or incredible losses in the stock market during 2007, an extreme pattern evident in nearly every industry. Such e...
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Briefs: Middleby finishes buyout of New StarDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - ELGIN -- The Middleby Corp. on Monday announced the completion of its acquisition of New Star Holdings Inc., in a deal valued at $188.4 million in cash. New Star Holding...
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Retailers slash prices in attempt to salvage shopping seasonDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The nation's retailers slashed prices further Wednesday in hopes a post-Christmas shopping rush will salvage holiday sales that, so far, have fallen below ev...
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Fox Valley Movers & ShakersDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Richardson Electronics, LaFox, hired Doug Albregts as vice president and general manager of its display systems group. Albregts, who previously served as vice president,...
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2007: A year of surprising twistsDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - In "The Wizard of Oz," farmhand Zeke, played by Bert Lahr, spots trouble on the horizon and shouts a warning. "It's a twister. It's a twister." Like a twister on an unev...
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Platterpus Records finds fondness for vinyl onlineDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - When a photographer and musician met five years ago, they didn't expect something as common as vinyl would lead them into a business partnership. Peter Kuehl, 40, of Sch...
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Briefs: Walgreen earnings up 5.5 percentDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - DEERFIELD -- Walgreen Co. used cost-cutting to help it overcome tougher economic conditions in its fiscal first quarter, reporting a 5.5 percent profit increase Friday. ...
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Last minute holiday shopping? You're not aloneDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Last-minute Christmas shoppers are expected in full-force at area malls this weekend. Rising food and fuel prices have cautious consumers taking more of a wait and see a...