DuPage County Business
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Microsoft CEO: No interest in buying YahooNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - SYDNEY, Australia -- Microsoft's chief executive said Friday the software giant is not interested in renewing its bid for struggling search engine company Yahoo Inc. Ste...
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BP to focus on U.S. wind farmsNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - BP Plc, Europe's second-largest oil company, will end its planned wind power projects in India, China and Turkey to focus on onshore generation in the U.S. BP plans to h...
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OfficeMax swings to $432 million 3rd-quarter lossNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - OfficeMax Inc. lost more than $400 million in the third quarter as sales fell and a hefty charge tied to the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers weighed down results. But the ...
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Ground breaking ceremony scheduledNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - ELK GROVE VILLAGE - Consolidated Construction Co. recently announced the ground breaking of a new Airgas retail branch and gas filing facility at 1601 Nicholas Blvd., El...
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Union woes at Johnson Controls hurts GMNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - General Motors Corp. cut a shift at a Venezuelan automotive plant and Ford Motor Co. may trim production there tomorrow as a labor dispute slows work at supplier Johnson...
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Suburban-based Sara Lee reports 15 percent profit hikeNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - MILWAUKEE -- Sara Lee Corp. said Wednesday its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 15 percent as the maker of Hillshire Farm deli meat benefited from a weaker dollar and ra...
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3M settles patent suit with Illinois Tool WorksNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - 3M Co., the maker of more than 55,000 products from Post-it Notes to electronic road signs, settled a lawsuit against Illinois Tool Works Inc. over a patent for paint pr...
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31 St. Charles businesses nominatedNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - The St. Charles Chamber of Commerce recently announced that 31 businesses/organizations have been nominated by fellow St. Charles Chamber of Commerce members for the Sma...
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Exelon ramps up Quad Cities reactorNov 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Exelon Corp. ramped up the Quad Cities 1 reactor in Illinois to 83 percent of capacity, up from 40 percent yesterday, according to a report from the U.S. Nuclear Regulat...
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PepsiCo to spend $1B in China over next 4 yearsNov 02, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Beverage and snack maker PepsiCo Inc. said Monday it will invest $1 billion in China over the next four years to expand its manufacturing capability, researc...