Wood Dale Business
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Briefs: Activist investor buys Sears stockNov 01, 2021 1:09 pm - HOFFMAN ESTATES -- Shares in Sears Holdings Corp. rose sharply Friday as Wall Street reacted to news that activist hedge fund manager William Ackman has taken a stake in...
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Motorola shows the future ways we'll use technologyNov 01, 2021 1:05 pm - Motorola Inc. may be stinging from Apple's successful touch-access iPhone and Nokia's stranglehold on the global cell phone market. So what's it going to do? Diversify, ...
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Motorola details layoff expensesNov 01, 2021 12:55 pm - Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. has spent around $343 million for severance and other costs related to eliminating 5,100 jobs so far this year, the company said in a fili...
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Verizon unveils cell phone to rival Apple iPhoneNov 01, 2021 12:53 pm - NEW YORK -- In time for the holidays, Verizon Wireless is launching a cell phone that looks a lot like the hottest phone so far this year: Apple Inc.'s iPhone. Like the ...
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Briefs: Airline flight delays lower in AugustNov 01, 2021 12:55 pm - WASHINGTON -- U.S. airlines improved their on-time flight arrival rate to 71.7 percent in August, a small increase from July, which ranked as one of the industry's worst...
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State unemployment above U.S. averageNov 01, 2021 12:47 pm - The Illinois unemployment rate in August rose to 5.4 percent, up 0.9 percentage points from the year-earlier 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Accord...
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U.S. OKs Yahoo's Zimbra dealNov 01, 2021 12:36 pm - WASHINGTON -- U.S. antitrust officials have approved Yahoo's purchase of e-mail software maker Zimbra for $350 million, the Federal Trade Commission said Monday. Zimbra ...
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Concierge service expands online offeringsNov 01, 2021 12:30 pm - BCB Technologies' Home Concierge has added an online document directory and aims to expand its subscriber base over the next year. The Hinsdale-based Web service, which ...
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Mover and shakersNov 01, 2021 11:12 am - Naperville resident Scott Wiseman was promoted to managing director of Abercrombie & Kent Inc., Abercrombie and Kent Group's sales and marketing company in North America...
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Briefs: RC2 recall present recalled tooNov 01, 2021 11:04 am - OAK BROOK -- RC2 Corp. on Friday said it is "embarrassed" by the recall of its Toad vehicles sent out to customers to compensate them for the loss from the company's 1.5...