Will County Business
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Motorola investors express frustrationMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Last year, billionaire investor Carl Icahn was in Chicago and lost his bid for a seat on the Motorola Inc. board. His demands were spurned. On Monday, Motorola ushered i...
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Sara Lee 3Q profit rises on price increases, weaker dollarMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Sara Lee Corp. posted an 82 percent increase Tuesday in third-quarter earnings on higher sales prices and the weak dollar, but still-soaring commodity prices limited the...
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Career coach says employees must shift focus from job satisfactionMay 05, 2008 11:00 pm - A career coach from Lincolnshire believes there is hope in the workplace despite uncertain economies and job markets. A big part of the equation comes from within. Jeffr...
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Staging, redesign firm relies on Web siteMay 03, 2008 11:00 pm - When GraceAnn Simoni started her interior redesign and home staging business in 2001, her Web site was the only calling card she had on the Internet. It still is. "There...
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OfficeMax offers 'green' productsMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - NAPERVILLE -- OfficeMax Inc., an office products and services retailer, said Thursday it partnered with TerraCycle Inc., an eco-capitalist company, to introduce a new li...
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Aon grows profit on consulting, sale of unitsMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Aon Corp. said Thursday its first-quarter profit rose 2 percent on strong growth in its consulting business. The Chicago-based company's net income rose to $218 million,...
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Family opens Airtastic inflatable play land to work off energyMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The energy of three young boys sparked the idea for a new business in Aurora. Chris and Jacque LeBreck's three sons were the inspiration for Airtastic, an inflatable pla...
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Suburban native behind FTD saleApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Skokie native Mark R. Goldston will return to the suburbs to personally oversee the transition resulting from his United Online Inc.'s deal to acquire FTD Group Inc. th...
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OfficeMax profit climbs 9 percentApr 30, 2008 11:00 pm - NAPERVILLE -- OfficeMax Inc. announced its first-quarter profit climbed 9 percent, helped by a gain from its investment in Boise Cascade. The Naperville-based office sup...
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OfficeMax joining energy saving effortApr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - NAPERVILLE -- OfficeMax Inc. joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Low Carbon IT Campaign by enabling the power management, or sleep mode, on the...