Cook County Business
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Consignment assignmentOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - The idea for Marianne Evans' business originated years ago when she turned her garage sale into an outdoor shop. Evans, who left her career as the owner of a forklift bu...
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Leaders Bank wins workplace awardOct 08, 2007 11:00 pm - OAK BROOK -- Leaders Bank won the "Best and Brightest to Work For" award from the National Association for Business Resources. It is the second straight year the Oak Bro...
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Advance preparation makes disaster recovery easierOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - It took "two seconds," says Jeff Myers, for the roof to go at The Car Doctor, Inc., in Schaumburg, when storms raked the Chicago area in August. But quick work by Myers,...
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From the 'brick' to the RazrOct 07, 2007 11:00 pm - They changed the world -- in about 13 weeks. About 35 years ago, a team of Motorola Inc. engineers and others created the first portable cell phone called the DynaTAC. I...
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Briefs: Activist investor buys Sears stockOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - HOFFMAN ESTATES -- Shares in Sears Holdings Corp. rose sharply Friday as Wall Street reacted to news that activist hedge fund manager William Ackman has taken a stake in...
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Motorola suit headed to Supreme CourtOct 05, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court takes up a securities case involving Motorola Tuesday, one of the top business cases this term and a major lawsuit that raises quest...
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Motorola shows the future ways we'll use technologyOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Motorola Inc. may be stinging from Apple's successful touch-access iPhone and Nokia's stranglehold on the global cell phone market. So what's it going to do? Diversify, ...
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Call-in event reveals common investing concernsOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - Since Jo Kudla's divorce five years ago, she has been hesitant about how to invest her money. The Mount Prospect woman didn't know if she should consolidate her extensiv...
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Briefs: DeVry moving classes within ElginOct 04, 2007 11:00 pm - ELGIN -- DeVry University announced Thursday it is moving its Elgin location to accommodate the addition of undergraduate degree programs. The new location on Randall Po...
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Briefs: Nordstrom Rack set on NapervilleOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - NAPERVILLE -- Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc., a fashion specialty retailer, announced that it will open a 38,000-square-foot Nordstrom Rack store at Springbrook Prairie Pa...