Des Plaines Business
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Founder of new school knows what it means to have learning problemsAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - When Eric Cooper entered the sixth grade, he was unable to read. After a great deal of testing, tutors and frustration, his parents discovered he suffered with childhood...
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Local water purification system could save lives here, around worldAug 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Visiting dignitaries from around the world came to Hanover Park Tuesday to drink water out of a retention pond. A fish jumped in the brown, turbid pond as a hose sucked ...
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AkzoNobel develops 'green' non-stick coatingAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - DES PLAINES -- AkzoNobel, a global paint and coating company, said Monday it has created a new environmentally friendly non-stick coating technology called NP2. Cookware...
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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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Airports brace for fewer flights, passengersAug 10, 2008 11:00 pm - FORT WORTH, Texas -- From his office overlooking the runways of one of the nation's busiest airports, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Chief Executive Jeffrey Feg...
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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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Motorola wins $431 million China network dealAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Motorola Inc., the largest U.S. mobile-phone maker, said it won several contracts valued at $431 million to upgrade and expand a China Mobile Communications Corp. wirele...
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Motorola's new chief will hit ground runningAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The next 90 days will be momentous - and crucial - for Motorola Inc. Qualcomm Inc. veteran Sanjay K. Jha, who started Monday as Motorola's new co-chief executive officer...
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Engine maker cited for workplace safety violationsAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - MELROSE PARK -- Federal authorities have cited Melrose Park-based International Truck and Engine Corporation for workplace safety violations with penalties totaling more...
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Polish restaurant serves all meals in Arlington HeightsJul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Agnes Zietek is bringing a little piece of Poland to Arlington Heights. Zietek, who immigrated here six years ago, launched a Polish restaurant at 6 S. Dunton Ave., jus...