Prospect Heights Business
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Lender rejects Emerisque's offer for HartmarxMay 29, 2009 11:00 pm - A week ago, things were looking up for employees of Des Plaines-based Hart Schaffner & Marx, maker of high-end suits favored by President Barack Obama. Company officials...
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Bias Power relocates headquarters in Buffalo GroveMay 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Electronics manufacturer Bias Power has relocated its headquarters to a larger location in Buffalo Grove. The new facility at 1330 Busch Parkway houses executive offices...
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Durbin sides with Hartmarx, urges Wells Fargo not to liquidateMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin talked about the O'Hare expansion, flooding issues and Obama's troubled suitmaker on Wednesday in Des Plaines. The Illinois senator met with new ma...
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Palatine man has advised Blackhawks' Wirtzes for 64 years - and countingMay 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Ken Scranton loves nothing more than spending time with "Rocky and the boys." The Wirtzes send a limousine out to Palatine to chauffeur their longtime legal adviser - al...
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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 ...