Oak Brook Business
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Jobless wave continues through suburbsApr 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Paul Mantovani of Naperville wasn't surprised that his electronics company intended to streamline. The company had already started some cuts. But last December, the IT a...
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Microsoft lands Discovery for online, mobile, game adsApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Microsoft Corp. beat Yahoo! Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube for a seven-figure advertising campaign with Discovery Communications Inc., its first to simultaneously combin...
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Waste Management sees growth turning trash to energyApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Waste Management Inc., the largest U.S. trash hauler, is in talks to build waste-to-energy plants in China as part of an expansion that would double its revenue from pow...
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Naperville's Ethel's Chocolate Lounge to closeApr 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Mars Inc. is closing its Ethel's Chocolate Lounge concept in the suburban area, the company announced. Five of the remaining six Ethel's upscale lounges are scheduled to...
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Ritz, Wolf begin liquidation sales this weekendApr 03, 2009 11:00 pm - WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.- Ritz Camera Centers Inc., the nation's largest specialty camera and image products and accessories retailer, said today that it will close more t...
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Recession slows McDonald's Latin America salesMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - McDonald's Corp.'s sales growth in Latin America will slow this year as the recession curbs diners' appetites for Big Macs and Happy Meals, the region's largest franchis...
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Glen Ellyn's AliKat offers unique gifts for all occasionsMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Originally published Oct. 20, 2006 The owner of AliKat in Glen Ellyn believes the new shop fills a niche in the community by offering an array of fun, unusual gifts...
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Janitors rally in Oakbrook Terrace to end corporate bank bailoutsMar 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Hundreds of janitors marched with drums, horns and banners in Oakbrook Terrace Thursday clogging traffic and drawing police attention. Service Employees International U...
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Economy not affecting March Madness at the officeMar 19, 2009 11:00 pm - The economy is in the tank and the threat of layoff looms large at companies across the country. So, are Americans worried they'll sink the household budget if they plun...
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Caterpillar laying off 815 in AuroraMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Caterpillar announced Tuesday that 665 production workers and 150 support and management employees will lose their jobs at the Aurora facility beginning in early June. ...