DuPage County Business
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McDonald's 4Q profit falls due to year-ago benefitJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - McDonald's says its profit dropped 23 percent in the fourth quarter due to a tax benefit that inflated year-ago results, but strong same-store sales helped the hamburger...
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Motor Coach scores legal victory in reorganization planJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motor Coach Industries International Inc., the bus manufacturer whose Chapter 11 plan is set for a Jan. 28 confirmation hearing, achieved a signal victo...
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Home Depot to cut jobs, close Expo stores in suburbsJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Home Depot Inc. Monday announced plans to cut 7,000 jobs and close its remaining design showrooms, two of them in the suburbs. The home-improvement giant will close 34 ...
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Alcatel-Lucent leads billions in writedown lossesJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - European companies may be forced to write down a record $214 billion after overpaying for takeovers this decade, saddling investors with more losses after the worst year...
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Motorola cuts 497 jobs in LibertyvilleJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. told the State of Illinois that it will eliminate 497 jobs at its Libertyville campus. An additional 49 will come at its Chicago office. T...
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DeVry opens new school in New JerseyJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - OAKBROOK TERRACE - DeVry University, a degree-granting higher education institution for business, technology and management education, has opened a new center in Paramus...
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Prospect Heights man charged with running 22-year Ponzi schemeJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - A businessman from Prospect Heights was released Friday on a $100,000 unsecured bond after being charged with operating a Ponzi scheme that raked in tens of millions of ...
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New Schaumburg pizza rolling in dough ... and sauce, and toppings ...Jan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - Steve Taube has fond memories of his father, Tom, making pizza on Sunday evenings at their Roselle home. "If we were eating at 5:30, my dad would start the dough at 3 o...
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Westell 3Q losses widenJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - AURORA - Westell Technologies Inc.'s third-quarter net loss was $4.1 million, or 6 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $2.5 million, or a loss of 4 cents per shar...
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Microsoft to slash 5,000 jobs, misses on 2Q profitJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it is cutting 5,000 jobs over the next 18 months -- more than 5 percent of its work force -- a sign of how badly even the bigges...