Business Briefs

Wilmette kitchen to be featured on North Shore kitchen tour The 2012 “Designer Kitchens of the North Shore” kitchen tour presented by the Junior League of Evanston-North Shore will feature seven kitchens from prominent Chicago design and remodeling companies. One of the seven featured on the …

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Pekin Life holds annual meeting Pekin Life Insurance Company held its annual meeting on May 8, 2012, at the Company’s Home Office in Pekin, Ill. The company reported net income of $3.1 million. Premium income decreased by 8.7 percent to $224.4 million. Life Insurance in force …

Realty Briefs

Brady named to Prudential Real Estate Honor Society Dianne Brady of Prudential Rubloff Properties has been named to the prestigious Honor Society for 2011 by Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services, Inc. The award recognizes residential sales professionals who exemplified great performance in closed residential gross …

Realty Briefs

News from Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) Of the 72,731 listings on the market in all nine Chicagoland counties in 2011, 388 of those listings, or 0.53 percent, were co-ops. Of Cook County’s 39,358 listings, the co-op percentage was higher, with 352 listings, or 0.89 percent. In …

Construction gets rolling on Oak Brook Pinstripes

With construction already underway, a ceremonial ground-breaking event was this week held at the site of the future Pinstripes restaurant in the parking lot of the Oakbrook Center Mall. The Oak Brook location will be Pinstripes’ fourth overall and will be another sales-tax generator for …

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New director of marketing named for Visitors Bureau Brent Edwards has joined the staff of the DuPage Convention & Visitors Bureau as director of marketing. Edwards most recently served as executive director for the Chicago North Suburbs Convention and Visitors Bureau. Prior to his position with …

Summer job outlook better than in 2011

The summer job outlook for high school and college students appears to be slightly more promising than was the case a year ago.

“The sense I get is that things have improved somewhat,” said Steve Erickson, the first-year executive director of the West Suburban Chamber …

Finding that job

For area high school and college students still seeking summer employment, a Youth Summer Job Fair is scheduled from 12:30 to 3 p.m. May 10, at workNet DuPage Career Center, 2525 Cabot Drive, Suite 302, Lisle. Attendees must be at least 17 to participate. Employers …

Franklin Park firm, Oak Brook parent company pay asbestos penalty

A metal manufacture in Franklin Park has paid reduced fines after being cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for exposing workers to asbestos.

On Friday, A.M. Castle paid a $63,500 penalty related to activities at Castle Metals, said OSHA spokeswoman Rhonda Burke. That’s …

Oakbrook Terrrace firm to see boss’ air time

FastSigns of Oakbrook Terrace is gearing up for Friday’s episode of the CBS series “Undercover Boss” to watch Catherine Monson, FastSigns’ international chief executive officer as she investigates the inner workings of the more than 530-location FastSigns franchise system. “It’s going to be really fun …