Port Barrington Business
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Miami firm buys former Motorola plant in HarvardAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - After five years, the vacant Motorola plant, the biggest building in Harvard, finally has a new owner. Miami-based Optima International on Wednesday purchased the 1.5 mi...
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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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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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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...
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Restaurant owners respond to dieting food budgetsJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - When it costs $100 to fill up the car on the way home, the idea of ordering pizza for the family may be panned, said Rick Rosati, who runs a growing pizza chain. "Anybod...
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Olympic Committee leader asks for business community's supportJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - About 150 area business leaders attended the annual meeting of the Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau on Thursday to hear an update on Chicago's bid for the 2...
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Bartering grows as economy stallsJun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Kindergarten CDs are available for swaps online at uSwapit.com Schaumburg-based Ala Carte Entertainment and its 25 area restaurants use two barter exchanges to obtain it...
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Wisconsin firm sues Motorola over wireless video technologyJun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - A small company that developed wireless video filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court alleging Motorola Inc. used its technology in the Razr and Moto Q phones with...
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Travelers mourn loss of Ted amid United cutbacksJun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Ted, we hardly knew ye. Along with layoffs and reductions in its fleet, United Airlines announced Wednesday the elimination of its low-cost carrier Ted, launched less th...
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Weak sale trends may mean profit drop for Coca-Cola EnterprisesMay 28, 2008 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Soft drink bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. said Wednesday weak sales trends in the U.S especially on some 20-ounce beverages will likely lead to a decline ...