Wadsworth Business
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Asian carp called the biggest threat to Great Lakes in yearsFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Matt Porter grew up on the shores of Lake Michigan. He's been fishing there for 40 years. Now, the McHenry resident runs Jackpot Fishing Charters on Lake Michigan, where...
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Manzullo says Congress must act to save suburban jobsFeb 11, 2011 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON _ If Congress doesn't do something fast to strengthen the U.S. manufacturing industry, Chicago's suburbs and Illinois as a whole could be among the biggest lo...
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Builder scoops up troubled developments to sell homes cheapFeb 11, 2011 12:00 am - An Ohio developer has acquired seven suburban housing developments from bankrupt or other homebuilders, with plans to sell townhouses or single family homes for about $1...
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Buffalo Grove outlines plan to lure more business in 2011Feb 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Buffalo Grove has unveiled what the village describes as an ambitious work plan for economic development. But at least one village board member thinks the plan doesn't g...
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New Heat Tracker app turns up the heat at local sitesFeb 09, 2011 11:00 pm - If you’re eager to know if a restaurant, bar or nightclub is crowded and who’s there, you’re likely using any number of check-in, location-based social networking apps. ...
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Allstate drops as profit falls on catastrophe lossesFeb 09, 2011 10:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, fell the most since October after fourth-quarter results missed analysts' estimates on losses tie...
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What’s on our minds? PlentyFeb 08, 2011 11:00 pm - Ask local business owners what’s on their minds and you’ll get some interesting feedback — from financing to ethanol, beef shortages to Australia’s typhoon, and — of cou...
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DuPont Fabros readies Elk Grove site for more data center leasesFeb 08, 2011 10:00 pm - Washington, D.C.-based DuPont Fabros Technology plans to invest about $180 million to build out the rest of the former Enesco building in Elk Grove Village and lease it ...
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Zion plant turns filth into fuelFeb 08, 2011 10:00 pm - When North Shore Sanitary District leaders looked for a better way to dispose of treated sludge and waste from sanitary sewage plants, they found it in Germany. It was ...
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Daily Herald wins awards for print qualityFeb 07, 2011 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald has won two first-place awards for print quality in the nationwide 2011 Inland Print Quality Competition. The contest, sponsored by the Inland Press Ass...