Oak Brook Business
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Inland Real Estate announces auctionsAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - OAK BROOK - Inland Real Estate Auctions Inc. announced an upcoming auction of several high-profile commercial and residential properties. Properties up for bid during th...
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Founder of new school knows what it means to have learning problemsAug 21, 2008 11:00 pm - When Eric Cooper entered the sixth grade, he was unable to read. After a great deal of testing, tutors and frustration, his parents discovered he suffered with childhood...
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As Chicago prepares bid, hotels scrambleAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As the Beijing Olympics unfold, the people working to bring the Games to Chicago in 2016 are nearing a vital goal - with the helps of the suburbs. Chicago Olympic commit...
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Waste Management sweetens buyout bidAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Waste Management Inc., the nation's largest trash hauler, has boosted its unsolicited buyout offer for rival Republic Services Inc. by about 9 percent to $37 per share, ...
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Des Plaines company to pay $30 million for bribery chargeAug 11, 2008 11:00 pm - They say money can't buy you love. Maybe not. But it can get you out of a criminal charge, at least if you're a large, publicly traded corporation. Des Plaines-based Law...
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McDonald's July sales riseAug 08, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Despite a tough U.S. economy, Oak Brook-based McDonald's Corp. posted an 8 percent gain in July same-store sales on Friday as hungry consumers worldwide lined...
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Suburban funeral homes see increase in cremationsAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - After 50 years at Antioch's Strang Funeral Home, Dan Dugenske is seeing more customers comparison shopping the big send-off. Yes, times are tough, and like other industr...
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Inland Institutional plans investmentAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - OAK BROOK - Inland Institutional Capital Partners Corp. announced that the company has negotiated an agreement on behalf of Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc. to inv...
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Becker Professional signs agreementJul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Oakbrook Terrace-based Becker Professional Review, a global firm specializing in professional education serving the accounting and finance professions and a division of ...
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Economy eating away at people eating outJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - More independent and chain restaurants in the suburbs are likely to close, following the lead set when some Bennigan's eateries locked their doors this week. Higher lab...