Cook County Business
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Fans in suburbs cut back on sports memorabilia collectionsJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Professional athletes may seem exempt from the nation's economic woes, but the value of their signatures, helmets and jerseys are not. As the economy continues to leave ...
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Deerfield man's new games assists people with low visionJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Charles Schwartz, a trainer who works with elderly people with low vision, created a game that helps teach them how to live independently. After researching the concept...
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New Horizons salon expands, adds spaJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - STREAMWOOD - New Horizons Hair Designs, 131 E. Irving Park Road, is holding a grand reopening Friday, Jan. 23. Owner Jim Rauscher is doubling the current space to 4,000 ...
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Hart Schaffner Marx cranking out thousands of suits in Des PlainesJan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Lennart B. Bjorklund is very proud of his lapels. The executive vice president of manufacturing for HMX Tailored is responsible for Hart Schaffner Marx's main manufactur...
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Terra soars after CF takeoverJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Terra Industries Inc., the largest U.S. maker of liquid-nitrogen fertilizer, rose the most in more than eight years in New York after CF Industries Holdings Inc. offered...
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U.S. foreclosure filings up 81 percent in '08; Lake Co. among hardest hitJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - One out of every 54 housing units in the United States faced foreclosure filings in 2008, and among the worst hit metropolitan regions was the Lake County and Kenosha, W...
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Motorola to lay off 4,000 more workersJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Motorola Inc. said Wednesday it will slice another 4,000 jobs as it battles the worsening economy and its own internal woes, especially its beleaguered phone business. T...
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Customers respond to 20-year-old family businessJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Doug August is like many young boys; he would rather be outside. For more than 20 years, the Bartlett man has run his own business in which he's always outdoors. The ent...
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Suburban company goes green in museum exhibitJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Owners of a Hoffman Estates company that designs hybrid alternative energy systems are featured in an exhibit honoring black environmentalists at the Museum of Science a...
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Bank plans to grow into Lake ZurichJan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - PALATINE - Cornerstone National Bank & Trust Co., based in Palatine, is opening a new office at 585 Ela Road, Lake Zurich. Michael J. Carlino and John A. Reck, both newl...