Cook County Business
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Motorola denies kickbacks in MalaysiaMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Motorola Inc. Tuesday denied reports that the Schaumburg company was involved in a kickback scheme in exchange for a large government contract in Malaysia. Circuit Assem...
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United to cut fleet, routes to reduce fuel costsMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- United Airlines said Tuesday it plans to ground as many as 20 airplanes, or 4 percent of its fleet, and further cut capacity in 2008 to soften the blow of soa...
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Geneva restaurants create joint Web siteMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Visitors and residents alike can plan meals or parties by going to a new Web site that features about 100 restaurants in Geneva. GenevaILRestaurants.com launched last we...
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ComEd to raise electric bills in JuneMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - You can expect to pay more for electricity starting in June. About 3.4 million residential customers of ComEd will pay 2.5 percent more, or about $2 more a month based o...
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Emphasis on fuel efficiencyMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - When Donna Namath leaves Kenosha, Wis., at 6:15 a.m. every weekday to travel to her job at Baxter International in Deerfield, she is not too worried about gasoline price...
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Motorola's Reed gets buyoutMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - The former head of Motorola Inc.'s mobile phone business has walked away with about $2 million in salary and other payments, according to a federal filing Tuesday. Stu R...
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Motorola's revolving executives persistMar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - When new chief executives take over companies, it's not unusual for them to clean house and appoint new executives. But when it happens at Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc....
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United workers get profit sharing payMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - United Airlines said Wednesday it has distributed $110 million in profit-sharing payments to U.S.-based employees. The means 51,000 U.S.-based employees can expect to re...
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Littlefuse to relocate foreign job siteMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Des Plaines-based Littelfuse Inc. on Wednesday announced plans to transfer its semiconductor assembly and test operation from Matamoros, Mexico, to China in a phased tra...
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Embezzler derails FastTrackMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - After more than 20 years, FastTrack Application Development is closing its doors in Addison and laying off all 115 workers by September. After an employee was convicted ...