Anna Marie Kukec
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No end in sight with foreclosures in IllinoisMay 12, 2010 11:00 pm - While the national foreclosure rate declined last month, Illinois' home foreclosures spiked during April, placing the state No. 8 in foreclosures nationwide, according t...
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Takeda targets 500 local workers for layoffsMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc. in Deerfield said Wednesday it plans to eliminate 1,600 positions, including 500 locally, and close its Lake Forest facility, a...
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How 10 suburban investors were duped out of savings by one brokerMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Sharon Schmidt of Gurnee drove a bus for a living until an accident forced her into disability. She and her husband, a computer technician, had depended on her niece's e...
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Hold on for a bumpy ride, as markets could continue correctionMay 06, 2010 11:00 pm - A bloody Thursday on Wall Street had many suburban analysts and investors on the edge of their seats as the Dow briefly plunged nearly 1,000 points because of fears of t...
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IT firms predict hiring increaseMay 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Hiring in the information technology field is expected to continue to increase in coming months, according to a survey by Oakbrook Terrace-based Comptia, a professional ...
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State prepares to lose another 920 jobsMay 05, 2010 11:00 pm - The state could lose about 920 jobs in coming months at various companies, including those around the suburbs, according to documents filed with the Illinois Department ...
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Sears to revamp merchandise, grow onlineMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Executives for Sears Holdings Corp., parent of Sears and Kmart stores, said Tuesday that if the company doesn't get federal pension relief soon, it will be forced to clo...
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On second thought, ComEd pulls $500 mil. offer to stateMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - A day after offering to help the financially strapped state with a $500 million payment in exchange for a rate hike, ComEd late Wednesday changed its mind. The state-reg...
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Changes ahead as Motorola prepares for splitMay 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Motorola Inc.'s co-CEOs said Monday that they likely will announce this summer what the two separated companies will look like, as one company will have 25,000 workers a...
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Equity borrowing capacity declining with home valuesApr 27, 2010 11:00 pm - About 6,000 homeowners received a letter recently from First American Bank in Elk Grove Village that said their home equity lines of credit would be reduced because thei...