DuPage County Business
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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...
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Pepsi Bottling cuts outlook, plans to cut 3,000 jobsNov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - SOMERS, N.Y. -- Pepsi Bottling Group Inc., which bottles Pepsi beverages, on Tuesday cut its 2008 profit outlook and announced a restructuring plan that will affect more...
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Navistar fall could cost hedge-fund firm $200 milNov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Harbinger Capital Partners, the New York-based hedge-fund firm run by Philip Falcone, has almost $200 million in potential losses on bets that Navistar International Cor...
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United struggles to sell idle jetsNov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - American Airlines, United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc., stung by fuel costs and a drop in traffic, face a new challenge: what to do with planes valued at $2 bi...
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Schaumburg company pulls Sprint suitNov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - IPCS Inc., the Sprint Nextel Corp. network affiliate that sued to block Sprint's plan to build a national high-speed wireless Internet network, dropped a request for a c...