Oak Brook Business
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Coffee shop-looking cafe casinos taking hold in suburbsFeb 07, 2015 10:00 pm - It's the lunch-hour rush, and the food counter at one of Oakbrook Terrace's newest businesses offers deviled eggs, mini bratwursts and white zinfandel. Nobody is orderin...
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Addison woman says she'll never open her Comcast bill with slurFeb 06, 2015 12:00 am - After Comcast crews tried 39 times to fix her HD signal, Mary Bauer admits she may have raised her voice when she called for the 40th and final attempt. But the Addison...
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GLMV Chamber Names 2015 board of directorsFeb 04, 2015 10:00 pm - The Green Oaks, Libertyville, Mundelein, Vernon Hills Chamber of Commerce named its 2015 board of directors, who were introduced at the chamber's annual dinner Jan. 23 a...
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Elgin man killed when machine explodes in Carol StreamFeb 03, 2015 12:00 am - A 35-year-old Elgin man was killed late Monday night when the machinery he was working on exploded inside a Carol Stream factory, authorities said. Chad Nelson was usin...
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Gina Kimmel expands vintage lingerie linesFeb 01, 2015 4:00 am - Hoffman Estates native Gina Kimmel has found herself coming full circle. After her divorce from husband, comedian Jimmy Kimmel, she eventually returned to the Chicago ar...
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McDonald's layoffs target Warrenville, Oak Brook HQJan 29, 2015 12:01 am - The struggling McDonald's Corp., seeking ways to reposition its food and its bottom line, has targeted 74 employees for layoffs, and another 31 for either layoffs or low...
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McDonald's cuts another 100 as restructuring continuesJan 29, 2015 12:00 am - Oak Brook-based McDonald's said Thursday it continues to restructure the global giant, laying off about 100 workers after it announced yesterday that its chief executive...
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McDonald's faces employee lawsuit over franchisee behaviorJan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - Several fired McDonald's employees who say they were subject to racial discrimination and sexual harassment have sued the fast-food chain's Oak Brook-based corporate par...
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Movie theaters coming back to Oakbrook CenterJan 21, 2015 4:30 am - Nearly a dozen years after Oakbrook Center's last movie theater closed, first-run films will be returning to the Oak Brook mall. Village trustees have given their blessi...
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Suburban home prices experience strong gains in 2014Jan 20, 2015 10:00 pm - The suburban Chicago housing market ended 2014 on a positive note: the number of homes that went under contract in December 2014 increased 19.4 percent over the same per...