Kane County Business
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DeVry honored by Hispanic OutlookJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - OAKBROOK TERRACE - Education publication Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education has ranked DeVry University the leading producer of Hispanic computer science bachelor's de...
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DuPage Habitat breaks ground on 11-home subdivisionJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - DuPage Habitat for Humanity's largest project - an 11-home subdivision with a distinct green flair - is starting to take shape in a West Chicago neighborhood. On Wednesd...
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Northrop Grumman unit gets $276.3M Air Force dealJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A unit of Northrop Grumman Corp., the nation's second-largest defense contractor, received a $276.3 million Air Force deal for a communications network tha...
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ConAgra Foods 4Q profit drops 13 percentJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. -- ConAgra Foods Inc. said Thursday that its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 13 percent as the prior-year period benefited from the sale of its commodity-t...
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Allstate reducing exposure to interest ratesJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Northbrook-based Allstate Corp., the largest publicly traded U.S. auto insurer, said it's reducing its exposure to rising interest rates. The company plans to use more h...
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Verizon plans Android-based phones by year's endJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier, may sell phones based on Google Inc.'s Android operating system in time for the year-end holiday shopping season...
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For Algonquin's Funky Things, location is everythingJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Becky Barrus loved the old house in downtown Algonquin where she first opened her business Funky Things. But more and more stores kept closing around her, and she starte...
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Chicago firm recalls ground beefJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - International Meat Co. of Chicago is recalling 6,152 pounds (2.8 metric tons) of ground-beef products that may have been contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Dep...
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UAL helps lead Airlines Index slideJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - US Airways Group Inc. and United Airlines parent UAL Corp. led U.S. carriers to a three-month low in New York trading as oil rose and an analyst said travel demand remai...
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Six Flags can use lenders' cash during bankruptcyJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Six Flags Inc., the owner of 20 theme parks that hasn't posted an annual profit since 1998, won court permission to spend the cash held as collateral for its lenders. U....