DuPage County Business
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Orvis Company opens at YorktownNov 21, 2008 10:00 pm - LOMBARD - Orvis Company opened at The Shops on Butterfield at Lombard's Yorktown Center. The fly-fishing retailer was founded in 1856 as a small bamboo fly rod shop in V...
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Humbug store opens in Long GroveNov 21, 2008 10:00 pm - LONG GROVE - The Humbug store recently opened at 225 Robert Parker Coffin Road. Tobin Fraley is the owner of the shop featuring the mischievous little fellow. He also wr...
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GMAC files with Fed for bank holding statusNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- GMAC Financial Services has applied to the Federal Reserve to become a bank holding company, which would allow General Motors' financing arm to be eligible f...
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Borealis light bulbs illuminate Daley treeNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - NAPERVILLE - Borealis Lighting Systems, developed and manufactured by PolyBrite International, announced that Borealis energy efficient LED light bulbs will be strung on...
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Sara Lee to close Chicago plant, lay off 185Nov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Downers Grove-based Sara Lee Corp. will close its Chicago kosher hot dog and meat processing facility and lay off around 200 workers sometime before the end of this Janu...
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General Electric reorganizes struggling GE CapitalNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- General Electric Co. said Tuesday that it is reorganizing its GE Capital unit to save $2 billion next year, a move the company said will lead to job cuts a...
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McDonald's to boost Asia spending, 'capitalizing' on recessionNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant company, will increase investment in Asia next year to boost customer numbers as the recession forces people to cut livi...
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Orin selects Itasca for corporate officesNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Orin USA, a supplier of technical staffing and consulting services to the wireless industry, will move from Roselle on Dec. 17 to a new location at 1101 N. Prospect Ave....
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United wins court order blocking pilot slowdownNov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - United Airlines, the third-biggest U.S. carrier, won a federal court order barring its pilots union from supporting a work slowdown that forced cancellation of hundreds ...
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Bloomingdale designer expands jBlonde clothing lineNov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Clothing designer Jennifer Massarelli awoke at 4 a.m. Monday with an idea for a spring dress. The Bloomingdale artist keeps a notebook next to her bed and quickly drew h...