Cook County Business
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Suburban men sent to prison for running fake minority-owned businessSep 10, 2013 3:30 pm - Two men with ties to the suburbs were sentenced to prison today for operating what federal prosecutors called a “sham minority-owned cable television installation busine...
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Driver's ed students have options after suburban school closesSep 10, 2013 5:15 am - A Crystal Lake-based driver's education school with nine branch offices in the Northwest suburbs has shuttered its doors, a spokesman for the Illinois Secretary of State...
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Elgin's Villa Verone closes up shopSep 09, 2013 10:30 am - Elgin's downtown Villa Verone Ristorante has closed so the owner can focus on his location in Geneva. “After much thought and consideration, we are closing our Elgin loc...
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Landauer inks sole supplier agreement with Premier healthcareSep 05, 2013 9:32 am - PRNewswire GLENWOOD — Landauer Inc. and the Premier healthcare alliance have announced a sole source group purchasing agreement to deliver standardized high quality medi...
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ComEd begins smart meter installationsSep 03, 2013 9:06 am - As part of its 10-year, $2.6 billion grid modernization program, ComEd began installation of more than 4 million smart meters throughout its service territory. The first...
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CLC links students, manufacturersSep 02, 2013 8:00 am - College of Lake County is making a push to link students and graduates of its high-tech manufacturing programs to companies having problems finding skilled workers. One ...
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Franchise Dynamics named to ist of fastest growing companiesAug 28, 2013 10:27 am - HOMEWOOD — Franchise Dynamics, a full-service franchise outsourcing firm, has been named one of the country’s fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine. In its first ye...
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Judge again throws out East Dundee's lawsuit over Carpentersville WalmartAug 20, 2013 9:00 am - In February a judge denied East Dundee's move for a temporary restraining order and also threw out a lawsuit aimed at preventing Walmart from receiving funding from a sp...
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Max Armstrong gives tractor enthusiasts their own appAug 19, 2013 5:30 am - Fans likely are familiar with Max Armstrong as he co-hosts “This Week In AgriBusiness” on RFD-TV. He also helps host a weekly hourlong agriculture program on WGN Radio. ...
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Probiotic sales drive Morton Grove’s Lifeway sales up 14 percentAug 15, 2013 9:54 am - Cultured dairy products manufacturer Lifeway Foods of Morton Grove said second quarter sales increase 14 percent on continued growth of its probiotics Kefir products. Gr...