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.
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?
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.
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.
