McHenry County Business
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Ginger's leaves nomadic ways behind with move to Main StreetOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Ginger Lewis has some pretty loyal customers. In 16 years, her shop has been at four different locations. Each time, her customers followed -- whether it was to Hotel B...
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BP restructuring to involve area officesOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - BP PLC employees in Naperville and Warrenville learned Thursday their company-wide restructuring could transfer many of their jobs to Houston and Chicago or eliminate th...
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Abbott Labs posts flat third-quarter profitsOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday its third-quarter profit held steady, as one-time charges offset the impact of strong sales of its blockbuster drug Humira. The Libert...
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Briefs: Pumps & Process purchases officeOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - ELGIN -- Pumps & Process Equipment Inc. purchased a 3,030-square-foot office and warehouse unit at WestPoint Elgin Corporate Center at 2585 Millenium Drive, Elgin. ICE R...
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Briefs: Accounting firm makes acquisitionOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - RIVERWOODS -- Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting said it agreed to acquire TeamMate from PricewaterhouseCoopers. TeamMate is an integrated audit productivity software sui...
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Solo Cup to close Wheeling factoryOct 17, 2007 11:00 pm - Solo Cup Co., a Highland Park-based maker of disposable foodservice items, announced plans Tuesday to reduce its debt by $325 million, in part by closing manufacturing f...
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Briefs: Cosi sales rise 1.6% in third quarterOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - DEERFIELD -- Quick-casual sandwich and salad chain Cosi Inc. said Tuesday third-quarter same-store sales grew 1.6 percent. Total sales rose 8.1 percent to $35.6 million,...
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ITW posts higher profit, tightens 2007 outlookOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Diversified manufacturer Illinois Tool Works posted a better-than-expected 10 percent increase in third-quarter profit today as strength overseas offset weaker demand in...
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Briefs: Motorola offers Bluetooth productsOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - SCHAUMBURG -- Motorola Inc. said Tuesday it is offering the H680 and H375 Bluetooth headsets to its family of Bluetooth wireless products. The headsets combine elegant d...
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Abbott sales jump, but charges hurt resultsOct 16, 2007 11:00 pm - Abbott Laboratories today said third-quarter earnings, excluding charges, jumped 16 percent on higher sales of its drugs, medical devices and nutritional products. Resul...