Northbrook Business
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Area firm to test medication alert systemApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - A Crystal Lake technology firm wants your smartphone to remind you when to take your medications. For the last three years, Leap of Faith Technologies (www.leapoffaith.c...
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Take on the tickerApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Thomas Rowen, director of institutional portfolio management, Fifth Third Bank, Chicago. Between soaring fuel costs, stiffer competition, bankruptcies and now the FAA cr...
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Play cafe has dual menuApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - A stay-at-home mom opened a new business designed to give young children a place to have fun and parents an outlet for conversation and relaxation. Nibbles' Play Cafe, a...
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Allstate lays off 109 IT workersApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Northbrook-based Allstate Insurance Co. said Thursday it has laid off 109 area employees in its information technology department as it re-evaluates its resources and on...
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Dr. Robot. Paging Dr. Robot.Apr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - The ambulance took Elijah Lee from his Warrenville home and sped him to Central DuPage Hospital. Seconds counted that October night because the 61-year-old had already h...
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Kapstone Paper to buy new divisionApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - NORTHBROOK-- KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp. signed an agreement with MeadWestvaco Corp. to purchase its North Charleston, S.C., kraft paper mill and related assets f...
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Illinois shakes up Air TeamApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Taking your car for its mandatory emissions test will change starting May 1. That's when the state will reduce the number of facilities from 27 to 17 and add new technol...
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Movers and shakersApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - With 22 years of banking experience, Brian C. England was appointed banking center president for the Naperville location of Leaders Bank, which is slated for a mid-2008...
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Bankrupt ATA ends 309 jobs in ChicagoApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - ATA Airlines, which closed down Thursday, said 309 workers at Midway International Airport were laid off, according to a document filed with the state. The document said...
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Allstate suspension upheld in FloridaApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - NORTHBROOK -- A Florida appeals court has upheld the state's suspension of Allstate Corp. from selling new policies, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said Friday. Mc...