Elgin Business
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New Des Plaines car dealership offers jobsJan 20, 2011 12:00 am - Des Plaines Randhurst Kia, 855 Rand Road, will be hosting a job fair next week ahead of the dealership’s grand opening on Feb. 1. The fair will be held from 2 to 8 p.m....
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Steel company moving to ChicagoJan 19, 2011 10:00 pm - CHICAGO — A steel company plans to relocate its North American headquarters to Chicago, brings at least 70 new full-time jobs to the city. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn annou...
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Elgin business leader sees positive outcome of meeting with HuJan 19, 2011 4:00 pm - Pin Ni, president of Wanxiang American Corp. in Elgin, said Wednesday that the historic visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao to the White House provided “candid” convers...
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Matriarch of long running Arlington Heights business diesJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - Life story ~Irene Mayer, 1926-2011 One of the longest running family businesses in Arlington Heights has lost its matriarch. Irene Mayer, known as the “brains” behi...
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Bartlett, Highland Park high schools advance in construction contestJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - Student teams from Bartlett and Highland Park high schools will be traveling to Las Vegas to compete in the national finals of the AEM Construction Challenge March 21-25...
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Career Education to cut about 600 jobsJan 18, 2011 10:00 pm - Career Education Corp., which operates more than 90 for-profit college campuses, said it will reduce its U.S. workforce by 7 percent, or about 600 full-time positions. T...
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Playboy to start Web-subscription service, iPad appJan 18, 2011 10:00 pm - Playboy Enterprises Inc., publisher of the namesake magazine, plans to start Web-based subscriptions that let readers browse current and past issues on tablet computers,...
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January gas prices highest ever for this time of yearJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - AAA Chicago's most recent Fuel Gauge Report estimates that in Illinois, regular unleaded gasoline has increased 16 cents during the past month, forecasting an average co...
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Airlines sue Chicago to halt expansion borrowingJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - United and American airlines are suing the city of Chicago to stop a borrowing plan to finance expansion at O'Hare International Airport. The suit was filed Tuesday in C...
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Could Elgin be high-tech hub?Jan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - An IT entrepreneur is hoping to make a high-tech hub out of historic downtown Elgin and perhaps garner national attention in the process. Lasse Ingebretsen is the managi...