Anna Marie Kukec
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Office Max, TicketsNow, US Steel see cutsNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - OfficeMax Inc., TicketsNow.com, and U.S. Steel are among the companies that announced hundreds of layoffs Thursday amid a rocky economy and an urgency to cut operational...
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Rolling Meadows ticket reseller to see layoffsNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Rolling Meadows-based TicketsNow.com, a ticket reseller that was bought earlier this year by Ticketmaster, is expected to lay off 62 workers while its parent company reo...
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Naperville-based OfficeMax to lay off 250 workersNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Naperville-based OfficeMax Inc. said Thursday it plans to lay off 245 workers at its North American stores as part of its ongoing cost cutting measures amid a tough econ...
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Shopping as usual this holiday season at General Growth mallsNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Since the postwar boom years that spawned both the shopping mall and the suburbs, the two have been tightly intertwined. Now, the owner of the some of the suburbs' prem...
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New shopping Web site opens in time for holidaysNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - While the world focused on the elections, three suburban men this week launched a new shopping Web site. The site, called UWantSavings.com, offers both social networking...
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Stores are hurting, but that could help youNov 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Circuit City this week joins a growing list of retailers -- including Linens 'n Things, Steve & Barry's, Men's Wearhouse and others -- that are closing stores, laying of...
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It's a camera, it's a phone... it's Motozine!Nov 02, 2008 10:00 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. today is expected to unveil Motozine ZN5, its first digital camera that also happens to be a phone. Motorola partnered with Kodak in 2006 ...
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Elk Grove police probing murder of 70-year-oldNov 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Police on Saturday were investigating the murder of a 70-year-old woman found dead in her Elk Grove Village home. Marilyn M. Wood's death was ruled a homicide as a resul...
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Motorola to lay off 3,000 workers, postpone spinoffOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Whipsawed workers at Motorola Inc.'s headquarters in Schaumburg and its Mobile Devices center in Libertyville again will be among the casualties when 3,000 more are laid...
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Cricket wireless to hire workers, start service hereOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - San Diego-based Cricket Communications Inc. plans to launch its no-strings-attached wireless service by mid-2009 and will hire about 2,150 workers in Chicago and the sub...