Port Barrington Business
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BP restructuring to involve area officesOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - BP PLC employees in Naperville and Warrenville learned Thursday their company-wide restructuring could transfer many of their jobs to Houston and Chicago or eliminate th...
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Officials discuss mortgage problemsOct 15, 2007 11:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean said Monday she and officials in Lake County are working together to promote legislation and educational programs to help at-risk families avoid f...
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Buses drive 'greener'Oct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - The motor coach industry wants a wider public to know its environmental initiatives amount to more than a thin green patina. From its Canadian factories to it...
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Motorola unveils U9 phoneOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Motorola will start selling the U9 music phone outside the U.S. this year, taking on devices from Apple and Nokia. The U9 will go on sale in Asia, Latin America and Euro...
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Birck says state holds back tech industryOct 11, 2007 11:00 pm - The chairman of Tellabs said Thursday a poor primary and secondary educational system in Illinois along with an anti-business environment have caused the technology indu...
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Naperville workers rest easilyOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Strikers at the Chrysler parts distribution center in Naperville on Wednesday celebrated the end of the roughly six-hour walkout. Hugo Donado, president of UAW Local 117...
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Kitchen business remodeledOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Jeff Schreiber, who has been in the kitchen remodeling industry for 25 years, recently moved his business closer to home. Schreiber, who resides in Hawthorn Woods, reloc...
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From the 'brick' to the RazrOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - They changed the world -- in about 13 weeks. About 35 years ago, a team of Motorola Inc. engineers and others created the first portable cell phone called the DynaTAC. I...
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Briefs: Activist investor buys Sears stockOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - HOFFMAN ESTATES -- Shares in Sears Holdings Corp. rose sharply Friday as Wall Street reacted to news that activist hedge fund manager William Ackman has taken a stake in...
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Motorola shows the future ways we'll use technologyOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Motorola Inc. may be stinging from Apple's successful touch-access iPhone and Nokia's stranglehold on the global cell phone market. So what's it going to do? Diversify, ...