Hoffman Estates Business
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Hoffman Estates Cabela's to lay off 40Feb 29, 2008 10:00 pm - Cabela's has announced it will cut 40 full-time jobs from its Hoffman Estates location because the superstore is underperforming. The cuts are representative of a slumpi...
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Restoration doubts Sears' buyout bidFeb 29, 2008 10:00 pm - HOFFMAN ESTATES -- Restoration Hardware, the boutique furnishings retailer that has accepted a management-led buyout, said Friday that a lowered rival bid from Sears Hol...
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Identity theft leads consumer complaintsFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Identify theft and other money-related complaints flooded the Illinois attorney general's office last year, which continued an upward trend of consumers seeking help in ...
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Sears sacked for a loss in fourth quarterFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Seeking to explain why fourth-quarter profits tumbled 47 percent, billionaire financier and Sears Holding Corp. Chairman Edward Lampert compared the company's turnaround...
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Motorola to expand Malaysian plantFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc. plans to invest roughly $110 million by expanding a plant and hiring more workers in Penang, Malaysia. The Schaumburg-based communications company organize...
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Kimball Hill leaving Florida, laying off 75Feb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Kimball Hill Inc. confirmed Wednesday it intends to leave the Florida housing market and cut 75 jobs across the country, including some at its Rolling Meadows headquarte...
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New Nalco CEO eyes overseas growthFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Naperville-based Nalco Holding Co. -- one of the world's oldest and largest water chemical firms -- said Wednesday it hired a new chief executive with an aggressive eye ...
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Siemens to cut 6,800 jobsFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - MUNICH, Germany -- Siemens AG, Europe's biggest engineering company, will cut 6,800 jobs at the corporate telecommunications unit after failing to find a buyer for the d...
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Tellabs stays in-house with new CEOFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - Employees of Tellabs Inc. Tuesday were introduced to their new chief executive officer, this time one of their own. Naperville resident Robert W. Pullen, a 23-year veter...
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Distinguished businessman, Jewish community leaderFeb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - In 1991, Robert M. Shrayer saved the insurance company his family had led for nearly 60 years, Associated Agencies, leading him to reorganize and move the company to its...