Carol Stream Business
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Libertyville firm heats up network video servicesJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - About six years ago, Joe Gaucher was sitting at his kitchen table with six colleagues. They weren't sharing a dinner. They were creating a company. Libertyville-based Vi...
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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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Incredible acquires video game studioJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Arlington Heights-based Incredible Technologies, a manufacturer of coin-operated games, said Thursday it acquired State Street Games, a video game development studio bas...
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Oakbrook Terrace software developer boomingDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - Like any rising company, Oakbrook Terrace-based Geneca is changing as it grows. "Some of the big challenges we've had are similar to any consulting company, where you're...
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Snap Fitness muscling into areaDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - A new chain of fitness centers open 24 hours a day is muscling its way into the area. Snap Fitness takes a no frill approach. It's geared for the person wanting to lift...
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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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Cook Co. Movers & ShakersDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Edward Rafalski was named vice president of marketing, to oversee all marketing and communications for the Alexian Brothers Hospital Network, a subsidiary of Alexian Bro...
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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...