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Olympic Committee leader asks for business community's supportJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - About 150 area business leaders attended the annual meeting of the Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau on Thursday to hear an update on Chicago's bid for the 2...
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Bartering grows as economy stallsJun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Kindergarten CDs are available for swaps online at uSwapit.com Schaumburg-based Ala Carte Entertainment and its 25 area restaurants use two barter exchanges to obtain it...
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Wisconsin firm sues Motorola over wireless video technologyJun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - A small company that developed wireless video filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court alleging Motorola Inc. used its technology in the Razr and Moto Q phones with...
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Midwest hit hard in jobs reportJun 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Jobs in the Midwest were among the hardest hit in May, as the nation's unemployment rate zoomed to 5.5 percent in the biggest one-month jump in decades. In the wake of t...
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Travelers mourn loss of Ted amid United cutbacksJun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Ted, we hardly knew ye. Along with layoffs and reductions in its fleet, United Airlines announced Wednesday the elimination of its low-cost carrier Ted, launched less th...
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Sears posts unexpected lossMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Hoffman Estates-based Retailer Sears Holdings Corp. posted its second quarterly loss since Kmart acquired Sears stores in 2005, saying Thursday that it lost $56 million ...
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Weak sale trends may mean profit drop for Coca-Cola EnterprisesMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Soft drink bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. said Wednesday weak sales trends in the U.S especially on some 20-ounce beverages will likely lead to a decline ...
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Investors press lenders on bad loansMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Already burned by bad mortgages on their books, lenders now are feeling rising heat from loans they sold to investors. Unhappy buyers of subprime mortgages, home-equity ...
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Feds open grasslands for haying, grazingMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - BISMARCK, N.D. -- The federal government is allowing millions of acres of land now left idle to be used for haying and grazing, after birds have finished nesting on gras...
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GE Capital inks deal with BRPMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - HOFFMAN ESTATES -- GE Capital Solutions, Commercial Distribution Finance recently signed an exclusive agreement to provide inventory financing to BRP's Ski-Doo, Sea-Doo ...