DuPage County Business
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IIT technology summit in Wheaton tackles economic challengesNov 14, 2011 11:00 pm - The narrative surrounding the U.S. economy remains consistent: property values plummet, jobless numbers stay high and families struggle to make ends meet. State, local a...
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Benedictine survey: Occupy protesters unhappy with ObamaNov 13, 2011 11:00 pm - Occupy Chicago protesters are mostly young liberals who blame Wall Street and the Bush administration for the state of the nation's economy, a survey has found. But whil...
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Tight economy or not, Halloween house decor creeps onOct 27, 2011 11:00 pm - What's the price of throwing a good scare into your neighbors? For Jon Gear of St. Charles, it's $50 to $75. Gear won the “high scare — low budget” category of the St. C...
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Wheaton businessman hopes for Grand Theater ideasOct 13, 2011 6:00 am - Rick Erickson has grown to love his hometown of Wheaton. He calls it his “patriotism for Wheaton.” So at a Sept. 8 launch party to celebrate a business merger, he made a...
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Municipalities want greater ComEd regulationOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - Representatives of the Northwest Municipal Conference Tuesday announced their plan to repair perceived problems with ComEd's power outage response as evidenced by last s...
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Supporters, opponents square off over Wheaton taxing districtOct 11, 2011 12:00 am - The push to create a new special taxing district in downtown Wheaton that would primarily fund an organization charged with promoting, maintaining and managing the downt...
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U-46 teams up with AT&T to deter teens from driving distractedOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - There's a new interschool rivalry brewing among the six high schools in Elgin Area School District U-46, and it has nothing to do with touchdowns, home runs or free thro...
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ECC building earns design awardOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - The Itasca architecture firm that transformed two light industrial buildings on Elgin Community College’s campus into one high-tech space earned high marks from the loca...
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Lombard rejects plan to waive downtown permit feesOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - Lombard village trustees say they’re willing to do almost anything to bring new businesses into downtown. But they won’t initiate a proposed grant program to waive up t...
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Growers: Perfect year for Illinois pumpkinsOct 05, 2011 12:00 am - It's a good year to find the perfect pumpkin. After an essentially average summer, officials at the Illinois Department of Agriculture said this year's pumpkin crop is “...