Hoffman Estates Business
-
Accounting firm Porte Brown expands client baseMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Elk Grove Village-based accounting firm Porte Brown LLC is growing, despite a choppy economy, after notching its third acquisition in two years with the purchase of Moun...
-
Area laptop repair firm gets bigger as notebooks get smallerMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - As the popularity of laptops increase, so can the problems. What do you do when your laptop doesn't power up, or your coffee has spilled on it, or the screen is cracked?...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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 ...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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 ...
-
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...