Cook County Business
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Restaurant owners respond to dieting food budgetsJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - When it costs $100 to fill up the car on the way home, the idea of ordering pizza for the family may be panned, said Rick Rosati, who runs a growing pizza chain. "Anybod...
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Bennigan's declares bankruptcy, closes some storesJul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Bennigan's, long a staple among chain restaurants in the suburbs, abruptly declared bankruptcy and shuttered many of its stores Tuesday. The closings affected the restau...
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Career Education starts culinary schoolJul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Career Education Corporation, with offices in Hoffman Estates, announced the launch of Kitchen Academy Seattle, a professional culinary school distinguished by its propr...
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Best Buy opening in-store music centersJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Hoping to cater to everyone from the garage guitarist to a recording musician, Best Buy Co. Inc. is announcing a massive new initiative that sets aside store space for a...
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Kraft Foods 2nd-quarter profit rises 4 percentJul 27, 2008 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Kraft Foods Inc., the nation's largest food and beverage maker, reported a second-quarter profit rise of nearly 4 percent on Monday, saying higher prices he...
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Kids, adults get a taste of Lego creativity at Schaumburg previewJul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The pieces are coming together at a huge indoor Lego park set to open at Streets of Woodfield Monday. Children were able to test the new 32,000-square-foot play arena Fr...
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Sagent launches new heart injectionJul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG - Sagent Pharmaceuticals Inc., a privately held specialty pharmaceutical company, announced it has launched amiodarone HCl injection, USP, a class III antiarr...
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Community colleges host chamber talkJul 25, 2008 11:00 pm - HANOVER PARK - The Hanover Park Chamber of Commerce & Industry is hosting an informational business forum Thursday. Increasing capital, expanding business, stepping up m...
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Frykman Technologies still takes care of low-tech typewritersJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - For people of a certain age, the rat-a-tat of a typewriter in action is an unmistakable sound. But as personal computers superseded typewriters as indispensable pieces o...
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Allstate falls after 98% profit drop on tornadoes, investmentsJul 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, fells 4 percent in early trading after second-quarter profit dropped on $1.22 billion in investme...