Cook County Business
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Retailers slash prices in attempt to salvage shopping seasonDec 26, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The nation's retailers slashed prices further Wednesday in hopes a post-Christmas shopping rush will salvage holiday sales that, so far, have fallen below ev...
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Redbox DVD rentals expanding rapidlyDec 25, 2007 10:00 pm - It's becoming easier and cheaper to rent a movie. Redbox, which offers DVD rental kiosks that dispense new releases for $1 a night, now has more U.S. retail locations th...
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Middleby hiring after buyoutDec 24, 2007 10:00 pm - As it turned out, Middleby Corp., which experienced a 12-week worker lockout in July, has done some recent hiring. The Elgin-based commercial oven maker locked its 135 w...
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Cook Co. Movers & ShakersDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Edward Rafalski was named vice president of marketing, to oversee all marketing and communications for the Alexian Brothers Hospital Network, a subsidiary of Alexian Bro...
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Fox Valley Movers & ShakersDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Richardson Electronics, LaFox, hired Doug Albregts as vice president and general manager of its display systems group. Albregts, who previously served as vice president,...
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2007: A year of surprising twistsDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - In "The Wizard of Oz," farmhand Zeke, played by Bert Lahr, spots trouble on the horizon and shouts a warning. "It's a twister. It's a twister." Like a twister on an unev...
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Lake Co. Movers & ShakersDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - After completing new agent school, Carlotta Ruiz-Smith of Grayslake was named an agent for Country Insurance & Financial Services. Ruiz-Smith, who holds a bachelor's deg...
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DuPage Co. Movers & ShakersDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - The Chamberlain Group Inc., Elmhurst, appointed David Mack general manager of its wholly owned subsidiary PTI Integrated Systems of Scottsdale, Ariz.. Mack, who will be ...
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Platterpus Records finds fondness for vinyl onlineDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - When a photographer and musician met five years ago, they didn't expect something as common as vinyl would lead them into a business partnership. Peter Kuehl, 40, of Sch...
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Briefs: Walgreen earnings up 5.5 percentDec 21, 2007 10:00 pm - DEERFIELD -- Walgreen Co. used cost-cutting to help it overcome tougher economic conditions in its fiscal first quarter, reporting a 5.5 percent profit increase Friday. ...