Palatine Business
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Matriarch of long running Arlington Heights business diesJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - Life story ~Irene Mayer, 1926-2011 One of the longest running family businesses in Arlington Heights has lost its matriarch. Irene Mayer, known as the “brains” behi...
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Career Education to cut about 600 jobsJan 18, 2011 10:00 pm - Career Education Corp., which operates more than 90 for-profit college campuses, said it will reduce its U.S. workforce by 7 percent, or about 600 full-time positions. T...
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Playboy to start Web-subscription service, iPad appJan 18, 2011 10:00 pm - Playboy Enterprises Inc., publisher of the namesake magazine, plans to start Web-based subscriptions that let readers browse current and past issues on tablet computers,...
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January gas prices highest ever for this time of yearJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - AAA Chicago's most recent Fuel Gauge Report estimates that in Illinois, regular unleaded gasoline has increased 16 cents during the past month, forecasting an average co...
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Airlines sue Chicago to halt expansion borrowingJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - United and American airlines are suing the city of Chicago to stop a borrowing plan to finance expansion at O'Hare International Airport. The suit was filed Tuesday in C...
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Could Elgin be high-tech hub?Jan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - An IT entrepreneur is hoping to make a high-tech hub out of historic downtown Elgin and perhaps garner national attention in the process. Lasse Ingebretsen is the managi...
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Look for a better deal, consumer group urges as AT&T hikes land line phone ratesJan 17, 2011 12:00 am - Elizabeth Krehmeyer of Mundelein had AT&T land line phone service, then switched to Comcast’s Triple Play for phone, Internet and cable TV service. As prices went up, sh...
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Report: Sears won't bid on J. CrewJan 16, 2011 10:00 pm - J. Crew Group Inc. didn't get any competing offers to top a $3 billion bid for the New York clothier from TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners LP, said two people fa...
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Buffalo Grove Chamber installs 2011 leadersJan 16, 2011 12:00 am - Attorney Marc Blumenthal was installed Tuesday as the 2011 president of the Buffalo Grove Chamber of Commerce, and he’ll lead a new board of directors as well. The new o...
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What goes up, won't go down this yearJan 14, 2011 10:00 pm - Just keep that wallet handy. Whipsawed consumers — facing a 66 percent Illinois income tax increase just as the nation climbs out of recession — now need to brace for pr...