Elmhurst Business
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McDonald's April same-store sales riseMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Sales of new espresso-based coffee drinks and chicken Snack Wraps helped boost McDonald's Corp.'s same-store sales by 6.9 percent in April, the nation's larg...
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DeVry to hold first 'virtual' career fairMay 03, 2009 11:00 pm - DeVry University's career services department is hosting its first "virtual" career fair from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, to assist students and alumni in finding j...
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Stimulus provides $8.7 million to fund summer jobs for area youthsMay 01, 2009 11:00 pm - The unemployment rate for 16- to-19-year-olds hit 21 percent last year, a level not seen for that age group since 1992. This year, a little extra boost from the federal ...
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Verizon Wireless boosting suburban networkApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Verizon Wireless, which has its Midwest headquarters in Schaumburg, said it's boosting its network around the suburbs and the state to provide faster service to subscrib...
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Waste Management profit falls 36% on low trash volumeApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Waste Management Inc., North America's largest trash hauler, said first-quarter profit fell 36 percent because of a drop in U.S. construction and lower prices for recycl...
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Suburban dealers hold on tight after Pontiac brand endsApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - When Ariel Szwec woke up Monday morning, he felt like his heart had been torn out. "It was like losing a child," said the longtime manager at Sullivan Buick Pontiac GMC ...
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Molex creates new high-speed systemApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - LISLE - Molex Inc. Monday introduced the HSAutoLink Interconnect System, a high-speed data bus for vehicles, to meet the needs of the "Connected Vehicle." The new, famil...
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S&P lowers Sterilizer SterigenicsApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Sterigenics International Inc., a provider of sterilization services, has a "very tight leverage covenant cushion," Standard & Poor's said April 24 in the course of lowe...
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McDonald's shakes up soft drinks, boots Pibb Xtra for Dr PepperApr 26, 2009 11:00 pm - McDonald's Corp. will replace Coca- Cola Co.'s Pibb Xtra with Dr Pepper at all of its U.S. restaurants, giving Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. a greater foothold at the fas...
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Strong forecast for Oak Brook toymaker RC2Apr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - RC2 Corp., the maker of Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends toys, jumped the most in almost 12 years in U.S. trading after forecasting 2009 earnings that exceeded analy...