Oak Brook Business
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Villa Park to host new wheelchair motorcycleJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - No matter how many custom bikes you've seen on reality TV or even driving down the road, there is nothing quite like the motorcycle that will roll into Villa Park this w...
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Ford demonstrates prototype 'talking' cars in LombardJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Take three fairly common technological advances — Wi-Fi, smartphones and GPS navigation systems — put elements of all three into a car, and bam — it's new technology aga...
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Windy storm beat, didn't kill, corn cropJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Monday's storm, with its 60-plus mph winds, didn't just fell trees and power lines. It also did a number on some cornfields, flattening stalks. But local sweet corn grow...
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Longtime Itasca restaurant changing handsJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Itasca residents must say goodbye to the signature green awnings and palatial, white building that houses Truffles Grove restaurant, which has been a staple in the villa...
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Grocery giveaway puts local farming in the spotlightJul 11, 2011 12:00 am - It’s the in thing nowadays to know more about where your food comes from (other than the supermarket). And there is much criticism of the way food is produced in the Uni...
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Wheaton cautiously optimistic about downtown revivalJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Despite some highly visible empty lots, the shell of what the city hoped would be another midrise condominium complex and a long-vacant building where a Jewel store once...
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Reflejos, El Conquistador merge operationsJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Bilingual newspapers Reflejos Bilingual Journal and El Conquistador jointly announced Friday they plan to consolidate sales and marketing operations, beginning next mont...
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Temple-Inland staying in Carol StreamJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - A business that appeared to be leaving Carol Stream for good is staying put — and upgrading its operations. Temple-Inland Corporation, which closed its corrugated cardbo...
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Does it pay to switch from ComEd?Jul 06, 2011 12:00 am - Eric Bogoff of Wheeling has been mulling a switch from ComEd after receiving materials from other companies touting electricity at a lower cost. “I have a couple of thes...
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Wheaton downtown merchants eager for grocerJul 05, 2011 12:00 am - Don Joseph isn't afraid of a little competition. In fact, if it means a grocery store opens close to downtown Wheaton, he welcomes it. The owner of Wheaton Meat Co., a ...