Downers Grove Business
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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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Frigid days heat up businessJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The temperature plunged to zero degrees at O'Hare International Airport Thursday, and this week's snow capped a month that doubled last year's snow fall. From an economi...
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Do-it-yourself dog washes grow in popularityJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - PORTLAND, Maine -- Maureen Lafferty is anti-fur. Anti-fur in her tub. Anti-fur on her towels. And anti-fur down the drain. That is why she and the one big ball of fur sh...
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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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Recession looms like a specter for 2008Dec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Whether it happens or not, the "R word" today is one of the most analyzed economic prospects for the new year. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the ri...
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Sara Lee adds new honey breadDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Downers Grove-based Sara Lee said Thursday it is expanding its successful Soft & Smooth bread line to include new Soft & Smooth Honey made with whole grain white bread. ...
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Investors try to force Lisle-based Ritchie hedge fund into bankruptcyDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - Investors in a failed hedge fund run by Ritchie Capital Management LLC want to force the fund into bankruptcy and investigate possible mismanagement and fraud in the wak...
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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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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...
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Platterpus Records finds fondness for vinyl onlineDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - When a photographer and musician met five years ago, they didn't expect something as common as vinyl would lead them into a business partnership. Peter Kuehl, 40, of Sch...