Bloomingdale Business
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43-store card and gift store chain Swoozie's closing downMar 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Swoozie's employees hoped they wouldn't have to send invitations for a liquidation sale. But that's the way it's headed as the card and gift chain is closing all of its ...
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Sara Lee to sell Nespresso-compatible coffee capsuleMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Sara Lee Corp. will begin selling a coffee capsule compatible with Nespresso machines next week, as Nestle SA's fastest-growing brand faces more competition. Sara Lee's ...
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Thousands of local jobless face loss of benefitsMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - About 20,000 unemployed people around Illinois - more than half of them from Chicago and the suburbs - could see the end of their extended benefits starting this week. W...
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Lisle commission sets Navistar hearing dateMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Navistar's proposed move to the former Alcatel-Lucent facility on Warrenville Road will be the subject of a special hearing April 17 of Lisle's planning and zoning commi...
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Chick-fil-A to open locations in Wheaton, AuroraMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - The roost is getting bigger for Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A as it plans to move into the suburban Chicago market by August. With locations set to open in Aurora this summ...
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McDonald's opens Hamburger Univ. in ChinaMar 29, 2010 11:00 pm - SHANGHAI -- McDonald's inaugurated its first Hamburger University in China on Tuesday to train new generations of managers as foreign companies step up efforts to develo...
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McDonald's scales back World Cup Soccer involvementMar 28, 2010 11:00 pm - McDonald's Corp., the world's biggest restaurant company, waived right to exclusively supply food at South African soccer stadiums and fan parks during the World Cup tou...
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Naperville partners to start ticket-selling site to help charitiesMar 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Kevin Nemetz didn't like what he saw at area sporting events: a lot of empty seats. As an avid volunteer for some charities, he knew there could be a worthwhile connecti...
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OfficeMax hacker gets 20 yearsMar 25, 2010 11:00 pm - A Miami computer hacker was sentenced to 20 years in prison for leading the largest U.S. identity-theft ring, stealing 130 million credit- and debit-card records from Na...
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Small businesses see pros, cons of new health care lawMar 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Small businesses will either thrive or struggle to survive under the nation's new health care law. Those two sides of the debate are offered by U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean, a...