Batavia Business
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ATA shuts down abruptlyApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - ATA Airlines' slogan once was: "On ATA You're On Vacation!" For many Midway International Airport passengers on Thursday, that changed to: "On ATA You're Out Of Luck." A...
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Motorola outlines costs of layoffsApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. said Thursday in a federal filing 2,600 workers were laid off between January and March, costing more than $100 million in severance and o...
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Technology report finds Illinois makes gainsApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois' technology industry is rising like the Phoenix, arising from the ashes to produce more jobs and more tech-related companies that settle here, a report is expec...
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Motorola adds new Q colorsMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Motorola Inc. on Monday unveiled new color versions of its MotoQ smartphone -- licorice and lime -- that will be available by summer. The announcement was made on the fi...
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Daily Herald wins state photojournalism awardsMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Daily Herald photojournalists John Starks, Christopher Hankins and Steve Lundy earned top honors in the annual Illinois Best of Photojournalism contest last weekend in C...
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In-flight Internet access set to launchMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Business and leisure travelers soon will be able to go to their home Web pages, check e-mail and surf the Internet -- all while on a transcontinental flight. Itasca-bas...
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From Maxwell Street scavenger to millionaireMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - William Kaper Jr. was 10 years old when he scavenged at the city dump at 31st Street and Cicero Avenue on Chicago's South Side. He could find just about anything -- a bi...
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Caterpillar thriving during hardest timesMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Caterpillar executives talk a lot these days about how 2007 had the makings of a disaster. Its truck engine and construction equipment sales in North America plunged and...
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How can Motorola make the next hit phone?Mar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Some people pick a mobile phone like a spouse. It has to be attractive with brains. But then some groups have special needs or demands: teens want text-messaging and mus...
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Furniture company finds success despite global competitionMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - As a furniture sales rep back in the 1990s, Ron Bartkowski saw change was coming. He heard American companies tell him how they couldn't compete with furniture makers ov...