DuPage County Business
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400 more suburban workers likely to hit jobless rollsOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Nearly 400 suburban workers are expected to be unemployed in coming months as a half-dozen companies in Elk Grove Village, Schaumburg and elsewhere are planning layoffs ...
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Wirtz Corp. to hire managersOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Wirtz Corp. announced that it's hiring many mid-level and managerial positions at Wirtz Beverage Group, Wirtz Insurance, Wirtz Realty, the United Center and two independ...
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Aon rebrands fire protection unitOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Chicago-based Aon Corporation, a global risk management and human capital solutions firm, announced that Schirmer Engineering, has been re-branded Aon Fire Protection En...
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Unilever won't bid for Sara Lee's food brands, ING saysOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Unilever, the world's second-largest maker of consumer goods, will not bid for Sara Lee Corp.'s food brands, according to Marco Gulpers, an analyst at ING Groep NV. "We ...
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Flexible space at Kane fairgrounds offers options for shows, meetingsOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The folks at the Prairie Events Center along Randall Road in St. Charles are hosting an open house today, hoping to showcase what many may not know is there. They're hop...
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Continental union spurns United joint-contract planOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Continental Airlines flight attendants declined to join their peers at merger partner United Airlines in immediate contract talks at the combined carrier, possibly slowi...
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Sears wants to buy back Willis Tower sculptureOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Sears has moved out of its iconic tower in downtown Chicago, but the company now wants to buy back a motorized sculpture in the building's lobby. The brightly colored ar...
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Verizon Wireless plans up to $90 mil. in customer refundsOct 03, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Verizon Wireless could pay out up to $90 million in refunds to cell phone customers who were improperly charged for inadvertent Web access or data usage over...
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Sara Lee gains on report company rebuffed KKR offerOct 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Sara Lee Corp. climbed the most in almost two years in U.S. trading after the New York Post said the maker of Jimmy Dean breakfast foods rejected a $12 billion unsolicit...
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Did Sara Lee have buyout talks with Apollo?Oct 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Sara Lee Corp. held takeover talks with private-equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC in recent months that failed to result in a deal, according to people with knowl...