Des Plaines Business
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Housing market still coldMay 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Kane and Will counties saw home sales drop about 34 percent during the first quarter, indicating the real estate market continues to spiral around the suburbs, according...
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Freddie Mac cuts 116 area workersMay 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Freddie Mac, a stockholder-owned corporation established by Congress to support homeownership and rental housing, is pulling out of the suburbs and laying off 116 worker...
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She knitted hats to keep babies warmMay 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Lois C. Hansen participated in a little known volunteer role at Northwest Community Hospital: she served on the baby hat committee, knitting caps for newborns at the Arl...
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Pilots: Merger a 'last resort'May 07, 2008 11:00 pm - ROSEMONT -- Pilots at UAL Corp.'s United Airlines said Wednesday a merger with US Airways Group Inc. should be a "last resort" for their company because financial benefi...
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Business leaders form new Naperville bankMay 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Eighteen Naperville business leaders have partnered to establish a new community bank, possibly by next year. The group, led by Scott Wehrli, secretary-treasurer of DuKa...
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BP signs lease, will move area workersMay 06, 2008 11:00 pm - BP America Inc., a subsidiary of London-based BP PLC, said Tuesday it plans to move about 1,000 workers from its DuPage County campus to downtown Chicago sometime this s...
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Motorola investors express frustrationMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Last year, billionaire investor Carl Icahn was in Chicago and lost his bid for a seat on the Motorola Inc. board. His demands were spurned. On Monday, Motorola ushered i...
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Staging, redesign firm relies on Web siteMay 03, 2008 11:00 pm - When GraceAnn Simoni started her interior redesign and home staging business in 2001, her Web site was the only calling card she had on the Internet. It still is. "There...
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July opening for Aloft hotelMay 02, 2008 11:00 pm - ROSEMONT -- Continental Properties Co. has aligned with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. to develop one of America's first Aloft hotels in Rosemont. Aloft, a vis...
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UOP to provide tech for new plantMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - DES PLAINES -- UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, said that ONGC Mangalore and Petrochemicals Ltd. have selected UOP to supply technology, engineering services and equipment ...