West Chicago Business
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United workers get profit sharing payMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - United Airlines said Wednesday it has distributed $110 million in profit-sharing payments to U.S.-based employees. The means 51,000 U.S.-based employees can expect to re...
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Littlefuse to relocate foreign job siteMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Des Plaines-based Littelfuse Inc. on Wednesday announced plans to transfer its semiconductor assembly and test operation from Matamoros, Mexico, to China in a phased tra...
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Embezzler derails FastTrackMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - After more than 20 years, FastTrack Application Development is closing its doors in Addison and laying off all 115 workers by September. After an employee was convicted ...
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Alcatel-Lucent evaluates area staffMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The once-bustling Lisle-Naperville campus of Lucent Technologies continues to feel the tremors of a shaky industry and a major merger. Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent said Tu...
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DeVry sells Houston campusMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - DeVry Inc., which operates for-profit schools of higher education, continued its strategy of real estate divestments with an announcement late Tuesday it sold its Housto...
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Area laptop repair firm gets bigger as notebooks get smallerMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - As the popularity of laptops increase, so can the problems. What do you do when your laptop doesn't power up, or your coffee has spilled on it, or the screen is cracked?...
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Identity theft leads consumer complaintsFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Identify theft and other money-related complaints flooded the Illinois attorney general's office last year, which continued an upward trend of consumers seeking help in ...
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Motorola to expand Malaysian plantFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc. plans to invest roughly $110 million by expanding a plant and hiring more workers in Penang, Malaysia. The Schaumburg-based communications company organize...
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Kimball Hill leaving Florida, laying off 75Feb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Kimball Hill Inc. confirmed Wednesday it intends to leave the Florida housing market and cut 75 jobs across the country, including some at its Rolling Meadows headquarte...
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New Nalco CEO eyes overseas growthFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Naperville-based Nalco Holding Co. -- one of the world's oldest and largest water chemical firms -- said Wednesday it hired a new chief executive with an aggressive eye ...