DuPage County Business
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Gallagher acquires SellersMay 08, 2009 11:00 pm - ITASCA - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Friday announced the acquisition of Sellers Group LLC in The Woodlands, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Establishe...
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Butcher, baker, candy maker all leading downtown Lombard backMay 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Downtown Lombard is coming back to life. The bakery, candy store and cafe - all closed for a while - are back. A new butcher shop is open, and a women's clothing store i...
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United Airlines mechanics may switch unionsMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS -- Mechanics at United Airlines are getting a chance to switch unions for the third time since 2003. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospac...
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McDonald's April same-store sales riseMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Sales of new espresso-based coffee drinks and chicken Snack Wraps helped boost McDonald's Corp.'s same-store sales by 6.9 percent in April, the nation's larg...
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State official threatens bank in suitmaker's bankruptcyMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, surrounded by dozens of workers at the Hart Schaffner & Marx manufacturing plant in Des Plaines Thursday morning, threatened ...
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Sara Lee 3Q profit falls, but results still beat Wall Street expectationsMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE - Food maker Sara Lee Corp. said Thursday that its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 22 percent as softness in its North American foodservice division and the s...
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Meijer eyeing vacant Dominick's in Prospect HeightsMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Only the second Meijer's store in the Northwest suburbs may soon open in Prospect Heights. Instead of building a new store from the ground up -- like it did in Rolling M...
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UAL reports 10.5% decrease in air trafficMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - DALLAS -- Passenger traffic is still falling on nearly all U.S. airlines, but the steep nosedive in March gave way to a more gentle decline in April, raising hopes that ...
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About 1,500 jobs being cut around IllinoisMay 06, 2009 11:00 pm - About a dozen companies around Illinois are laying off about 1,500 workers - including 800 in the suburbs - now through July mostly because of the recession, according t...
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Chamberlain offers advanced degreesMay 05, 2009 11:00 pm - ADDISON - Chamberlain College of Nursing has announced that it is establishing a master of science in nursing program. The program is a post-baccalaureate professional d...