Kane County Business
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German manufacturing firm to set up shop in Elgin, mayor saysAug 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Even though the housing market has slowed to trickle, manufacturing firms continue to flow into Elgin. Mayor Ed Schock said Thursday that the city is close to inking a d...
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Suburban funeral homes see increase in cremationsAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - After 50 years at Antioch's Strang Funeral Home, Dan Dugenske is seeing more customers comparison shopping the big send-off. Yes, times are tough, and like other industr...
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Economy eating away at people eating outJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - More independent and chain restaurants in the suburbs are likely to close, following the lead set when some Bennigan's eateries locked their doors this week. Higher lab...
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Restaurant owners respond to dieting food budgetsJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - When it costs $100 to fill up the car on the way home, the idea of ordering pizza for the family may be panned, said Rick Rosati, who runs a growing pizza chain. "Anybod...
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Fermilab job cuts avertedJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory avoided additional layoffs and unpaid furloughs for employees with the signing of a bill by President Bush that granted the fac...
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Credit Union plans free shredding eventJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - ELGIN - Corporate America Credit Union is hosting a Shred Day today to offer the community an opportunity to shred unwanted documents for free, and discover how to prote...
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Olympic Committee leader asks for business community's supportJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - About 150 area business leaders attended the annual meeting of the Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau on Thursday to hear an update on Chicago's bid for the 2...
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Bartering grows as economy stallsJun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Kindergarten CDs are available for swaps online at uSwapit.com Schaumburg-based Ala Carte Entertainment and its 25 area restaurants use two barter exchanges to obtain it...
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Wisconsin firm sues Motorola over wireless video technologyJun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - A small company that developed wireless video filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court alleging Motorola Inc. used its technology in the Razr and Moto Q phones with...
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Grainger to hold open house at new Aurora facilityJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Lake Forest-based W.W. Grainger, a distributor of facilities maintenance supplies, is hosting an open house today for business customers to celebrate the company's new f...