Oak Brook Business
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Libertyville firm heats up network video servicesJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - About six years ago, Joe Gaucher was sitting at his kitchen table with six colleagues. They weren't sharing a dinner. They were creating a company. Libertyville-based Vi...
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Washington Mutual to close branchesJan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Washington Mutual told employees Friday it intends to close 25 local branches and cut about 150 jobs. The cutbacks are scheduled to be made by mid-April and will leave W...
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Market highs and lows hit area companies in 2007Jan 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Public companies in the suburbs showed incredible gains or incredible losses in the stock market during 2007, an extreme pattern evident in nearly every industry. Such e...
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Frigid days heat up businessJan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The temperature plunged to zero degrees at O'Hare International Airport Thursday, and this week's snow capped a month that doubled last year's snow fall. From an economi...
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Oakbrook Terrace software developer boomingDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - Like any rising company, Oakbrook Terrace-based Geneca is changing as it grows. "Some of the big challenges we've had are similar to any consulting company, where you're...
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Recession looms like a specter for 2008Dec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Whether it happens or not, the "R word" today is one of the most analyzed economic prospects for the new year. Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the ri...
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Gregory Financial merges with WolfDec 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Oak Brook-based Wolf Capital, a member of the Wolf Financial Group, recently announced its merger with Gregory Financial Group. Founder and principal of the Gregory Fin...
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Crowe ranks among top firmsDec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - OAK BROOK -- Crowe Group LLP, parent company of Crowe Chizek and Co. LLC, again is listed among the top 10 accounting firms by Public Accounting Report. The firm is rank...
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Retailers slash prices in attempt to salvage shopping seasonDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The nation's retailers slashed prices further Wednesday in hopes a post-Christmas shopping rush will salvage holiday sales that, so far, have fallen below ev...
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2007: A year of surprising twistsDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - In "The Wizard of Oz," farmhand Zeke, played by Bert Lahr, spots trouble on the horizon and shouts a warning. "It's a twister. It's a twister." Like a twister on an unev...