DuPage County Business
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Alcatel cut to 'neutral' at GoldmanDec 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Alcatel-Lucent SA, the world's largest maker of fixed-line networks, was cut to "neutral" at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and removed from the firm's Pan- European buy list....
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New sweetener stevia? Coke, no PepsiDec 14, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Coca-Cola Co. will begin selling products made with a new zero-calorie sweetener despite no official nod from the government, but rival PepsiCo Inc. said Mon...
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Waste Management to raise dividend 7.4 percentDec 14, 2008 10:00 pm - Waste Management Inc. plans to raise its quarterly dividend by 2 cents, or 7.4 percent, to 29 cents a share. The increase is part of a $1.3 billion capital allocation pr...
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GMAC extends debt exchange offers againDec 13, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- GMAC Financial Services late Friday extended and sweetened its offer to exchange $38 billion of its debt, saying that it had reached a tentative deal with re...
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P.M. Bedroom Gallery a family affairDec 12, 2008 10:00 pm - The story of brothers Arvid and Ben Huth is the kind of farm-to-suburbs tale you might think doesn't happen any more. When he was 21, Arvid was a junior with a 3.9 GPA w...
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Store makes giving green easy for the holidaysDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - It's Our Earth, a unique store at 127 N. Main St. in downtown Wheaton, proves that buying green for Christmas doesn't have to be boring. With items that range from glam...
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Alcatel-Lucent to cut jobs as part of turnaroundDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Alcatel-Lucent SA, the world's largest maker of fixed-line networks, will cut another $1.3 billion of costs in each of the next two years, including 1,000 more manageria...
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Sara Lee to cut 700 jobs in North America, EuropeDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Sara Lee Corp. said it would cut 700 jobs, or 1.6 percent of its global workforce, to help save as much as $250 million in the next three years. The maker of frozen cake...
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Office Depot details closures; 7 to close in suburbsDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Office Depot is closing 17 Illinois stores - a handful in the north and western suburbs - as part of an effort to close 112 stores nationwide to cut costs. Locally, sto...
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Molex earns Emmy for leadershipDec 09, 2008 10:00 pm - LISLE - Molex Inc. announced that it will be awarded a Technology & Engineering Emmy award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of its ...