Elgin Business
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Chicago Bliss, former lingerie football team, returning to Sears CentreJan 11, 2013 3:11 pm - After a two-year absence, the Chicago Bliss women’s football team — which previously played in lingerie — will be returning to the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates for tw...
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ECC program helped women become weldersJan 09, 2013 4:15 am - When Juana Rodriguez sat down in her first welding class at Elgin Community College in January 2011, everything started out fine. Her professor introduced himself and to...
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Sears shares fall day after shake upJan 08, 2013 11:01 am - NEW YORK — Shares of Sears Holdings Corp. fell Tuesday, a day after the retailer announced that chairman and hedge fund billionaire Edward Lampert will take over the rol...
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D’Ambrosio steps down as Sears CEOJan 07, 2013 6:29 pm - Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. said Monday that Chief Executive Officer Louis J. D’Ambrosio will step down due to family health matters by Feb. 2. Edward S....
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Friends have own dream of falafel restaurant franchisesJan 07, 2013 4:00 am - Four longtime friends, who came from Pakistan and the Philippines, started a restaurant chain in Chicago that has added its first suburban spot at 18 West 066 on 22nd St...
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Girl Scouts gather in Rosemont to kick off cookie salesJan 05, 2013 10:00 pm - Have you ever pined for a box of Girl Scout cookies but found it just beyond reach because, alas, you didn't have cash? No worries — the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago a...
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Elgin’s Middleby has big plans for Viking RangeJan 04, 2013 8:01 am - Elgin-based Middleby Corp., the new owner of Viking Range, says it is on a fast track to increase the company’s market share and profit margins. The Greenwood Commonweal...
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ECC receives grant money to train adults 50 and olderJan 02, 2013 2:11 pm - Elgin Community College will join dozens of colleges across the country in dedicating new resources to retrain students 50 and older. ECC received a three-year $15,000 ...
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Elgin’s Middleby Corp. acquires Viking RangeJan 02, 2013 8:10 am - Middleby CEO Selim A. Bassoul bought his first Viking range for his home about 12 years ago. Over the years, Bassoul, top executive of the maker of commercial cooking eq...
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Meet author Travis Thrasher at Geneva bookstoreJan 01, 2013 5:00 am - Local author Travis Thrasher will read from his latest novel at the Geneva Barnes and Noble along the Randall Road corridor this week. The popular young adult author, wh...