Lombard Business
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Small loans a big businessJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Clementine Uzabakiriho parlayed her first $36 loan into the seed money for her sorghum business in Rwanda. Oak Brook-based Opportunity International arranged the loan th...
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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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Grainger to hold open house at new Aurora facilityJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Lake Forest-based W.W. Grainger, a distributor of facilities maintenance supplies, is hosting an open house today for business customers to celebrate the company's new f...
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Molex launches line of connectorsJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Lisle-based Molex Inc. announced a new line of sealed circular connectors. Extra Rugged Circular Sealed Plugs and Receptacles have been developed to meet the requirement...
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Rush-Copley signs on with AllscriptsJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Aurora-based Allscripts, a provider of clinical software, connectivity and information solutions that physicians use to improve health care, announced Thursday that Rush...
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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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Staples to open in Glen EllynJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Staples, the office superstore, is expected to open in Glen Ellyn next year. It will be located in Market Plaza Shopping Center, on the south side of Roosevelt Road betw...
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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 ...