Des Plaines Business
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Kids, adults get a taste of Lego creativity at Schaumburg previewJul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The pieces are coming together at a huge indoor Lego park set to open at Streets of Woodfield Monday. Children were able to test the new 32,000-square-foot play arena Fr...
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Frykman Technologies still takes care of low-tech typewritersJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - For people of a certain age, the rat-a-tat of a typewriter in action is an unmistakable sound. But as personal computers superseded typewriters as indispensable pieces o...
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Scrapblog.com shows at conferenceJul 18, 2008 11:00 pm - ROSEMONT - Scrapblog.com, a service for creating and sharing scrapbooks online, will showcase a Web-based application at the summer Craft and Hobby Association conferenc...
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Motorola accuses Apple IPhone executive of taking trade secretsJul 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Motorola Inc., the largest U.S. mobile-phone maker, has sued a former executive now working for Apple Inc., accusing him of disclosing its trade secrets to aid in the ma...
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Trifecto aims to make home automation easyJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Two suburban men who formerly worked for the electronics retailer Tweeter, where they installed entertainment and environmental systems in homes, have launched their own...
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Report: Oak Brook real estate firm bids for WrigleyJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A Chicago-area commercial real estate group has made an offer to buy Wrigley Field, the iconic and historic home of the Chicago Cubs, according to a report T...
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Pizza patriarch still active in the family business at 91Jul 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Fred Rosati, who recently turned 91, still plays an active role in the pizza empire he sliced in the market more than four decades ago. The Hinsdale man makes his way i...
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UAL to record $2 bil accounting chargeJul 11, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- United Airlines parent UAL Corp. said it will record $2.6 billion to $2.7 billion in accounting charges in the second quarter, according to a regulatory fili...
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Cargill breaks ground on new Chicago plantJul 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Agriculture conglomerate Cargill has broken ground on a $22 million manufacturing plant that will make soybean-based "polyols." The Minnetonka, Minnesota-based company s...
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Entrepreneur brings art background into new framing businessJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Todd Rowland is incorporating his art background in launching his new business in downtown Grayslake. Rowland and co-owner Christy Kubiak are holding a grand opening We...