Wadsworth Business
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Circuit City closing stores; 14 could go in IllinoisNov 02, 2008 10:00 pm - After months of speculation and struggling sales, Circuit City Inc. Monday said it would close 155 stores, including half of its locations in the Chicago area. Company o...
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Are podcars a viable way to get around?Oct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The thought of a driverless, computer-guided car transporting people where they want to go on demand is a futuristic notion to some. To Jacob Roberts, podcars -- or PRTs...
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Little company has big name, thanks to NFLOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - You might say that Wonderlic Inc., has stretched its 15 minutes of fame into 35 years. While the day-to-day activities of the Libertyville testing firm fly well below t...
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Movers & shakersOct 18, 2008 11:00 pm - James Saul joined Baker & Daniels LLP as an associate in the law firm's intellectual property group. He will work in the Chicago office, focusing his practice in the are...
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Baxter's profit jumps 19 percent on therapy, device salesOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Baxter International Inc.'s third-quarter profit jumped 19 percent on a mix of higher sales from its blood and immune disorder treatments, drug delivery devices and kidn...
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Oilman comes to Chicago to plead for wind powerOct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Oilman T. Boone Pickens will be in Chicago today at Navy Pier's Grand Ballroom at 10:30 a.m. to push his "Pickens Plan" for reducing America's dependence on foreign oil....
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Kraft Foods to lay off 400 workers in U.S., CanadaOct 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Kraft Foods Inc. will lay off 400 people in North America by the end of the year, the company told its employees Monday. The Northfield-based corporation employs 41,000 ...
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Cash registers, fireworks ring in new Arboretum mall in South BarringtonSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Despite constant talk of economic woes and financial bailouts, shoppers at Friday's grand opening of the Arboretum of South Barrington have faith the new shopping center...
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Eight arrested in Hewitt education reimbursement scamSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Eight former employees of Hewitt Associates in Lincolnshire have been arrested for using an in-house continuing education program to scam the company out of thousands of...
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Motorola sues ex-employees for stealing trade secretsSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. named four former software engineers employed at its Libertyville and Schaumburg offices in a lawsuit filed Tuesday alleging the theft of ...