Cook County Business
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Cricket offers no-strings wireless dealsMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Cricket Communications Inc., which offers no-strings wireless service, officially launches Tuesday in the Chicago and suburban market. But the San Diego-based company s...
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Woodfield bureau books softball and CEOsMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - The Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau based in Schaumburg has booked three new events to be held in the area this summer. The first event, Senior Softball Mi...
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AT&T hopes to gain concessions from unionsMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- AT&T Inc., the largest employer of union labor in the country, is renegotiating contracts that cover 112,500 workers and looks set to take advantage of the r...
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Ivy restaurant in Wheaton in a league of its ownMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Previous owners of a Geneva restaurant recently launched a new venture in Wheaton. Ivy restaurant opened at 120 N. Hale St. in a historical building that once housed a ...
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Sears cuts 125 more jobs, mostly in Hoffman EstatesMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Sears Holdings Corp., the largest U.S. department-store chain, eliminated 125 non-store jobs, mostly at its headquarters. The retailer, which employs 6,600 support-cente...
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Des Plaines Dunkin' offers free coffeeMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - DES PLAINES - The newest Dunkin' Donuts at 1552 Rand Road is holding an opening celebration and giving away free medium coffees from Saturday to Friday, March 14-20. No ...
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Federal Signal chief seeks 'internal merger' to save costsMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Federal Signal Corp. Chief Executive Officer William Osborne says his company, creator of the first rotating light for police squad cars, "needs a big internal merger" t...
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Magazine features local designMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - NAPERVILLE - A backyard landscape renovation created by C.B. Conlin Landscapes in Naperville was recently featured on the cover of The Landscape Contractor magazine. The...
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Elk Grove, Wheeling manufacturers brace for layoffsMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Three manufacturers in Elk Grove Village and Wheeling plan to close plants and lay off about 360 workers in coming months due to the recession or other streamlining. Owe...
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Allstate CEO says large insurers should be regulatedMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Allstate Corp. Chief Executive Officer Thomas Wilson said the U.S. government should regulate large insurers whose activities pose risks to the entire financial system i...