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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Kane Cougars hope to make Upper Deck a hit
Even though the minor league baseball season has been over for weeks, the Kane County Cougars are hoping that their new Upper Deck facilities will keep Elfstrom Stadium hopping even during the off-season.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Latest Crave marks year of cupcake delight
Oh, the cupcake. The perfectly individualized cakes born in the early 1800s have been improved upon. And any visitor to Geneva's Third Street in the last year was maybe lucky enough to savor the brownie-like dark chocolate Blackbottom cupcake with baked-in cream cheese and chocolate chip filling.

Business calendar: Dinner, awards
The Geneva Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner and Awards Night will be from 6 to 9 p.m. at Eagle Brook Country Club, 2288 Fargo Blvd. in Geneva.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Fiserv closing East-Side office, cutting 290 jobs
A Wisconsin-based, Fortune 500 financial investment company is shutting its office in Aurora. Fiserv, at 444 Commerce St., intends to close its facility possibly by March 2010.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Is recession finally over? Possibly
The economy accelerated last quarter. But is it driving off a cliff? The car comparison is apt, because economists believe the third-quarter improvement in the nation's Gross Domestic Product depended heavily on the "cash for clunkers" program. The tax credit for first-time home buyers also had a role.
Southwest Trading Co. trades spaces
Southwest Trading Co. is right at home in the historic Wright House at 217 S. Third Street in Geneva. It moved in September from Dotson Place down the street where it operated for five years.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Some Cat workers returning to work
About 90 of the hundreds of workers who were laid off earlier this year from Caterpillar's Oswego Township plant have returned to work full-time.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Casino to host Diversity Expo on Thursday
Aurora's Hollywood Casino will host the Vendor Diversity Expo from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Falling dollar a bogus crisis

The dollar is falling and can't get up, and President Obama is to blame. This is the chorus from economic blogs and conservative critics, but is it true?

Wal-Mart goes big on plus-sizes

Hanesbrands Inc., the maker of Hanes underwear and the Wonder Bra, is getting twice as much space in more than 3,500 Wal-Mart stores to offer more clothing choices for the plus-size women who shop there.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Dow tops 10,000 for first time this year
The Dow Jones industrial average is back above 10,000 for the first time in a year.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Ace Buikema confident about growth, strength
Like many businesses large and small, today's economy has been a challenge for the Ace Buikema chain. For the first time in the company's 61-year history, it closed a location, its store on Douglas Road in Montgomery. Ace Buikema now has eight stores from Aurora to Romeoville, down from nine.

US Supreme Court will hear appeal of Enron's chief
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider throwing out the convictions of former Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeff Skilling for his role in the collapse of the one-time energy giant. The court said Tuesday it will hear Skilling's appeal of lower court rulings that upheld all 19 of his 2006 convictions of conspiracy, securities fraud, insider trading and lying to auditors involving the 2001 collapse of Enron.

Data and contacts vanish from Sidekick phones
Owners of Sidekick phones may have lost all the personal information they put on the device, including contact numbers, because of a failure of servers that remotely stored the data. The incident is a reminder of the dangers of trusting a single provider to safeguard information.

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