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Cargill breaks ground on new Chicago plantJul 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Agriculture conglomerate Cargill has broken ground on a $22 million manufacturing plant that will make soybean-based "polyols." The Minnetonka, Minnesota-based company s...
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Entrepreneur brings art background into new framing businessJul 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Todd Rowland is incorporating his art background in launching his new business in downtown Grayslake. Rowland and co-owner Christy Kubiak are holding a grand opening We...
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Motorola announces Apprion investmentJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG - Motorola Inc., through Motorola Ventures, its strategic venture capital arm, announced an investment in Apprion Inc., an open industrial wireless networks a...
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Tribune Tower on the block?Jun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Tribune Company says it's exploring a possible sale of its iconic headquarters on Chicago's Magnificent Mile while also eyeing ways of "maximizing the value" of building...
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Madigan suing Countrywide over lending practicesJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan contends thousands of Illinois homeowners paid a steep price for Countrywide Financial's "desire to dominate the marketplace." Mad...
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Palatine firm says Google stole trade secretsJun 25, 2008 11:00 pm - A Palatine company has sued Google Inc. claiming the world's most popular Internet search engine misappropriated trade secrets of a product the startup company built for...
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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...