Bolingbrook Business
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About 1,500 jobs being cut around IllinoisMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - About a dozen companies around Illinois are laying off about 1,500 workers - including 800 in the suburbs - now through July mostly because of the recession, according t...
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Weyerhaeuser posts 1Q loss on weak housing marketMay 04, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Weyerhaeuser Co.'s first-quarter loss widened as a near-dormant housing market strangled sales of its lumber and panels. However, excluding costs for mill sh...
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Stimulus provides $8.7 million to fund summer jobs for area youthsMay 01, 2009 11:00 pm - The unemployment rate for 16- to-19-year-olds hit 21 percent last year, a level not seen for that age group since 1992. This year, a little extra boost from the federal ...
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Nicor earnings in line with expectationsApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Naperville-based Nicor Inc. today reported first quarter 2009 preliminary net income, operating income and diluted earnings per common share were $43.8 million, $59.9 mi...
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Verizon Wireless boosting suburban networkApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Verizon Wireless, which has its Midwest headquarters in Schaumburg, said it's boosting its network around the suburbs and the state to provide faster service to subscrib...
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Office Depot posts loss but exceeds expectationsApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Office Depot Inc. surprised Wall Street on Tuesday when it reported that, excluding its cost-cutting efforts and other one-time events, its first-quarter profit was much...
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Nalco profit dips, continues to streamlineApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Naperville-based Nalco Holding Co. has continued its streamlining efforts, including a smaller global work force that helped its save $27 million during the first quarte...
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Caterpillar CEO concerned about protectionismApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Caterpillar CEO James Owens is worried that protectionist pressures are increasing, but he says that must be discouraged to avoid a repeat of actions he says exacerbated...
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Tellabs posts 1Q adjusted profitApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Tellabs Inc., a maker of telephone equipment for AT&T Inc., reported a first-quarter adjusted profit of about 5 cents a share excluding stock-compensation costs, double ...
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SEC suit against Lucent execs tossedApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Two Lucent Technologies Inc. executives won a judge's dismissal of civil fraud claims in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit filed over the company's booki...