Carpentersville Business
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Elgin oven-maker buys rivalAug 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Elgin-based Middleby Corp., the maker of Toastmaster ovens and Pitco fryers, agreed to pay $196 million in stock and cash for TurboChef Technologies Inc., which has lost...
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Des Plaines company to pay $30 million for bribery chargeAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - They say money can't buy you love. Maybe not. But it can get you out of a criminal charge, at least if you're a large, publicly traded corporation. Des Plaines-based Law...
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German manufacturing firm to set up shop in Elgin, mayor saysAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Even though the housing market has slowed to trickle, manufacturing firms continue to flow into Elgin. Mayor Ed Schock said Thursday that the city is close to inking a d...
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Factory-style training caters to youth athletesAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Joe Giustino's gym designed for student athletes doesn't have mirrors, TVs, fancy weightlifting machines or air conditioning cranked low. The St. Charles facility, much ...
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DeVry celebrates new Elgin facilityAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - DeVry University recently hosted a community celebration in honor of its new Elgin location. The event featured food, prizes and presentations of academic program offeri...
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Suburban funeral homes see increase in cremationsAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - After 50 years at Antioch's Strang Funeral Home, Dan Dugenske is seeing more customers comparison shopping the big send-off. Yes, times are tough, and like other industr...
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Economy eating away at people eating outJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - More independent and chain restaurants in the suburbs are likely to close, following the lead set when some Bennigan's eateries locked their doors this week. Higher lab...
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Restaurant owners respond to dieting food budgetsJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - When it costs $100 to fill up the car on the way home, the idea of ordering pizza for the family may be panned, said Rick Rosati, who runs a growing pizza chain. "Anybod...
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Bennigan's declares bankruptcy, closes some storesJul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Bennigan's, long a staple among chain restaurants in the suburbs, abruptly declared bankruptcy and shuttered many of its stores Tuesday. The closings affected the restau...
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Hawthorn Woods doctor offers products for young-looking skinJul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A Hawthorn Woods doctor recently launched his first product line designed to make skin look younger. Dr. Stephen Apple, a medical director at an International medical de...