Glendale Heights Business
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Robotic suit could usher in super soldier eraMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds -- th...
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Berkshire's No. 2 man helps from the backgroundMay 17, 2008 11:00 pm - PASADENA, Calif. -- The two men who run Berkshire Hathaway Inc. have an arrangement: Warren Buffett is the face of the company and Charlie Munger stays mainly in the sha...
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Merc traders complete moveMay 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is marking a milestone in its 110-year history as the last floor traders wrap up business and move to the Chicago Board of Trade. Startin...
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AT&T planning to boost wireless serviceMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - If you're an AT&T Inc. wireless subscriber, you soon could get faster downloads and better reception, even if you're in your basement. The company is expected to announc...
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Movers and shakersMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Baird, an international employee-owned financial services firm, announced that Steven Perritt joined The Keverian Laubusch Group as a financial advisor in its Lake Fores...
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Lisle entrepreneur closes store, offers advice to othersMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Randy Russell knows first-hand that even good business plans don't always work: The Lisle store he co-owned, Wine Expressions, closed its doors Saturday, transitioning t...
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Immediate annuities can be a useful toolMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. I wonder if single-premium immediate annuities (SPIAs) are for me. I am 75. My wife is 73. We have no debt, $850,000 in IRAs (mostly in the American Fund family) and ...
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Verizon to debut Linux phonesMay 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc., and expects the system t...
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Tyson CFO leaving for Walgreen postMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGDALE, Ark. -- Tyson Foods said Tuesday Chief Financial Officer Wade Miquelon is leaving the company to take a similar job at Walgreen Co., the nation's largest ret...
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Illinois foreclosures lessen; others soarMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - The rate of foreclosures in Illinois appears to be stabilizing while nationwide numbers continue to escalate, according to a RealtyTrac report expected to be released to...