Prospect Heights Business
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Allstate, 5 other insurers get preliminary OK for Treasury fundsMay 14, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The federal government has agreed to extend billions in bailout funds to six major life insurers, ncluding Northbrook-based Allstate, helping them shore u...
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Entrepreneur focuses on healthy cleaningMay 11, 2009 11:00 pm - A former corporate executive with an MBA has traded his business suits for cleaning supplies. Wells Ye, who worked in product management for Sears Holdings, launched Fre...
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State official threatens bank in suitmaker's bankruptcyMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, surrounded by dozens of workers at the Hart Schaffner & Marx manufacturing plant in Des Plaines Thursday morning, threatened ...
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Meijer eyeing vacant Dominick's in Prospect HeightsMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Only the second Meijer's store in the Northwest suburbs may soon open in Prospect Heights. Instead of building a new store from the ground up -- like it did in Rolling M...
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Suitmaker's employees take plea to presidentMay 05, 2009 11:00 pm - A large poster bearing the signatures of more than 500 workers at Hart Schaffner & Marx's manufacturing plant in Des Plaines is making its way to President Barack Obama....
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Stimulus provides $8.7 million to fund summer jobs for area youthsMay 01, 2009 11:00 pm - The unemployment rate for 16- to-19-year-olds hit 21 percent last year, a level not seen for that age group since 1992. This year, a little extra boost from the federal ...
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Italian family restaurant expands to PalatineApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - A Wheeling High School graduate switched from owning a bunch of Luke's Beef restaurants to full-service Italian eateries. Tony Colatorti started working as a dishwasher...
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Feldco Factory Direct expands to MadisonApr 27, 2009 11:00 pm - DES PLAINES - Feldco Factory Direct will open its newest office and showroom in Madison, Wis. on May 1. Feldco will operate a showroom, corporate office and warehouse in...
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Buffalo Grove's IPA sued againApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - A Buffalo Grove company already facing an EEOC lawsuit alleging massive sexual harassment is in hot water now with Illinois' attorney general, this time for alleged frau...
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New Hanover Park auto repair shop could be greenest everApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Between the plant-covered roof, solar panels and electric car plug-in stations, Steve Leffler dares anyone to show him a greener auto repair shop than the one he just op...