Cook County Business
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Couple coaches personal and professionalAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Husband and wife team Tom and Evie Caprel joke that they're just "a couple-a-coaches." Both have their own coaching businesses, which they operate from their Wheaton hom...
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Factory-style training caters to youth athletesAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Joe Giustino's gym designed for student athletes doesn't have mirrors, TVs, fancy weightlifting machines or air conditioning cranked low. The St. Charles facility, much ...
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DeVry celebrates new Elgin facilityAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - DeVry University recently hosted a community celebration in honor of its new Elgin location. The event featured food, prizes and presentations of academic program offeri...
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Suburban funeral homes see increase in cremationsAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - After 50 years at Antioch's Strang Funeral Home, Dan Dugenske is seeing more customers comparison shopping the big send-off. Yes, times are tough, and like other industr...
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Allstate expands test of eco-friendly planAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - NORTHBROOK - Allstate Insurance Co. announced an eight-state test expansion for Allstate Green, its innovative eco-friendly insurance option aims to save customers money...
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Motorola wins $431 million China network dealAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Motorola Inc., the largest U.S. mobile-phone maker, said it won several contracts valued at $431 million to upgrade and expand a China Mobile Communications Corp. wirele...
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Motorola's new chief will hit ground runningAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - The next 90 days will be momentous - and crucial - for Motorola Inc. Qualcomm Inc. veteran Sanjay K. Jha, who started Monday as Motorola's new co-chief executive officer...
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Engine maker cited for workplace safety violationsAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - MELROSE PARK -- Federal authorities have cited Melrose Park-based International Truck and Engine Corporation for workplace safety violations with penalties totaling more...
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Inland Institutional plans investmentAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - OAK BROOK - Inland Institutional Capital Partners Corp. announced that the company has negotiated an agreement on behalf of Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc. to inv...
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Abbott faces more litigation over AIDS drugAug 03, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- When Abbott Laboratories Inc. hiked up the price of a popular AIDS drug by 400 percent in 2003, executives prepared for the inevitable public relations ...