DuPage County Business
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State unemployment above U.S. averageOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois unemployment rate in August rose to 5.4 percent, up 0.9 percentage points from the year-earlier 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Accord...
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Area financial planners to give free advice to callersOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - What's the best way to finance a new car? What's the best way to save for college? Should I do anything as a result of the market's all-time high? The numbers can get co...
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'Toad' sings boxcar bluesOct 02, 2007 11:00 pm - [LA201 Double Recall] Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- The first recall was bad enough: A million-plus "Thomas & Friends" toys pulled because of lead paint. The second wa...
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McDonald's reportedly set to add cappuccinosOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - McDonald's Corp. plans to make specialty coffee drinks available in all of its U.S. restaurants by the end of 2008, according to a published report Monday. The world's l...
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Walgreen profit takes rare dipOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Shares of drugstore chain Walgreen Co. tumbled Monday after the usually solid retailer's fourth-quarter fell sharply short of expectations, causing its first earnings de...
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U.S. OKs Yahoo's Zimbra dealOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- U.S. antitrust officials have approved Yahoo's purchase of e-mail software maker Zimbra for $350 million, the Federal Trade Commission said Monday. Zimbra ...
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Huntley company fined by OSHAOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Monday proposed a $170,500 fine against Huntley-based R&R Metalcraft Inc. It is the third time...
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Lisle firm makes job cuts with planOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - LISLE -- SXC Health Solutions Inc., a provider of pharmacy benefits management services and IT solutions to the health-care benefits management industry, announced it ha...
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Concierge service expands online offeringsSep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - BCB Technologies' Home Concierge has added an online document directory and aims to expand its subscriber base over the next year. The Hinsdale-based Web service, which ...
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Movers and shakersSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - With more than 25 years of human resource industry experience, Beverly Chana was named director of corporate services, a new division, at Chicago-based Gray Hair Managem...