DuPage County Business
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Caterpillar to post wider loss, analyst saysApr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest construction-equipment maker, will post a wider first- quarter loss than earlier expected as manufacturing operations reach a low, ...
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ConAgra aims to buy back debtApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - ConAgra Foods Inc. plans to sell $750 million of notes to finance a cash tender offer for outstanding senior debt, the company said today in a statement distributed by B...
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Suburban companies post layoff noticesApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Twenty-two companies, including six in the suburbs, are expected to lay off about 2,500 workers through May, according to documents posted Monday by the state of Illinoi...
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Navistar gets $180 million order from British militaryApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Navistar International Corp., the world's fourth-largest truckmaker, said the U.K. Ministry of Defense agreed to buy 262 armored combat vehicles valued at about $180 mil...
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Inland Press Association chooses new directorApr 05, 2009 11:00 pm - The Inland Press Association has announced its new executive director, effective later this year. An executive committee announced Monday that Catherine L. Scott will be...
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Ritz, Wolf begin liquidation sales this weekendApr 03, 2009 11:00 pm - WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.- Ritz Camera Centers Inc., the nation's largest specialty camera and image products and accessories retailer, said today that it will close more t...
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Motorola develops totally Wi-Fi campus at Lewis UniversityApr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. combined some of its key wireless network products to create an all-WiFi campus at Lewis University in Romeoville. The campus is perhaps t...
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Exelon: NRG bid may go beyond 2009Apr 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Exelon Corp., the biggest U.S. utility owner by market value, said its hostile bid to acquire NRG Energy Inc. may drag on beyond the end of this year. Chicago-based Exel...
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Navistar drops after protesting all-terrain truck contestApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Navistar International Corp., the largest maker of blast-resistant trucks for the U.S. military, fell as much as 19 percent after protesting a Pentagon program to buy al...
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Tough economy forces Rex's Cork and Fork to closeApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Back in the days when the Hula Hoop was young, Rex's Drive-In was the place to be on what was then the eastern frontier of St. Charles. The institution eventually chang...