Oak Brook Business
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Builder believes troubled times may soon endOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Bulldozers at Neumann Homes projects went silent this week. Hammers slid back into carpenter belts. Sales people went home. As Neumann Homes confirmed it will file for C...
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Market downturn roughs up TellabsOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Tellabs Chief Executive Krish Prabhu said Tuesday the Naperville company still could be bought out, despite its third-quarter profit that plunged about 90 percent. "The...
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Briefs: Westell invests in software firmOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - AURORA -- Westell Technologies Inc. said Tuesday it invested about $2.5 million in Contineo Systems, a communications software company. Plano, Texas-based Contineo devel...
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Briefs: Wal-Mart cuts supercenter plansOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - W NEW YORK -- Wal-Mart Stores cut its capital expenditure forecast Tuesday and scaled back on planned supercenters as the world's largest retailer grapples with slowing ...
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Experts advise recent Neumann buyersOct 23, 2007 11:00 pm - When a company files bankruptcy, what's a consumer to do? Stand in line with a claim against the company, along with all the other creditors at bankruptcy court. That is...
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Growing fashion accessory business expands with Naperville boutiqueOct 22, 2007 11:00 pm - It's all about the accessories for Naperville business owner Tracy Paulson. Paulson started Creating Your Style from her home three years ago. The company focused on sel...
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Primary Energy works out delays in financial reportOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Primary Energy Recycling Corp. investors apparently aren't perturbed by the company's announcement a couple weeks ago that it's delaying its third-quarter earnings repor...
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Movers and Shakers - DuPage CountyOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - Rick Wills of Naperville was promoted to managing director at the Naperville financial center of Chicago-based Northern Trust. Wills, who joined Northern Trust in 1994, ...
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Weak dollar, strong sales boost McDonald's profitOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- Strong breakfast sales in the U.S. and a weak dollar overseas proved a potent combination for McDonald's in the third quarter, helping to power the fast-food ...
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Briefs: Abraxis approved to market 3 drugsOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Abraxis approved to market 3 drugs SCHAUMBURG -- Abraxis Pharmaceutical Products, the hospital-based business of Abraxis BioScience Inc. in Schaumburg, received U.S. Foo...