DuPage County Business
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Littelfuse reports fourth quarter results down 22 percent over 2008Feb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Des Plaines-based Littelfuse Inc. reported that sales of $105.9 million for the fourth quarter were down 22 percent over last year. The company reported a loss of 42 cen...
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Private detective agency grows in BarringtonFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Trust, an MBA and FBI and Army experience have driven the growth of David Hertog's private detective agency. Hertog, a Fremd High School graduate, operates his 11-year-o...
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Tri Star acquired by German companyFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - CAROL STREAM - Tri Star Metals LLC Tuesday said it agreed to be acquired by German-based high-performance stainless wire manufacturer Hagener-Feinstahl. Tri Star will c...
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Sara Lee posts 2Q loss due to write-downFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Food maker Sara Lee Corp. said Wednesday that it lost $17 million in its fiscal second quarter, largely due to a write-down related to its North American foodservice bev...
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Alcatel-Lucent posts eighth-straight lossFeb 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Alcatel-Lucent SA, the world's largest supplier of fixed-line phone networks, posted an eighth straight quarterly loss as it wrote down the value of assets by a record 3...
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BP CEO: Mega oil merger not compellingFeb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - The logic for a possible mega merger between international oil companies isn’t “terribly compelling,” BP Plc’s Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward said. The cha...
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Motorola debuts new push-to-talk phoneFeb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - LIBERTYVILLE -- Motorola Inc., Sprint and Boost Mobile said Monday they are teaming up to introduce the new Motorola Stature i9, the thinnest flip phone on the Nextel Di...
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MetLife 4Q profit falls 12 percentFeb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Life insurer MetLife Inc. said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter profit slipped 12 percent as it paid out more in claims and benefits, but results topped Wall ...
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Luxury skin care line makes official debut in the suburbsFeb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - A new suburban-based luxury skin care company is drastically different from the makeup catalogs your mom used to order from, according to the Naperville founder. Harold ...
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Naperville shop the 'Netflix of art galleries'Feb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - You want to embellish your home. The living room needs an impressive piece of art above the fireplace or maybe there's a prominent art niche in your hallway that needs f...