The four women who took home awards today as part of the Rockford Chamber of Commerce’s annual Women in Business Expo and Luncheon showed enthusiasm and pride — and a few tears — upon receiving their honors.

LE BOURGET, France — American defense contractors elbowed into the troubled market for European military transport planes at the Paris Air Show today amid scarce orders for commercial planes for rivals Airbus and Boeing.
 

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The Restoration Cafe is meant to provide education, job skills and real-life experience to residents of the Rockford Rescue Mission.

LE BOURGET, France — Boeing didn’t score a single jet order and its competitor Airbus didn’t fare that much better today, the opening day of the Paris Air Show, where the mood among the world’s aviation industry leaders was as damp as the weather.
 

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Sunny days and warm nights got members of the Rock River Valley business community out before and after hours during the summer.

It’s no secret that Rockford needs better schools, better jobs, more cultural amenities and vibrant neighborhoods to attract and retain young, educated people who will — ideally — lead the city to a better place.
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Going green isn’t just a catchphrase at J.L. Clark, a Rockford manufacturing fixture. It’s a business philosophy.
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New jobless claims rose more than expected last week due partly to an increase in layoffs by the automobile industry, while the number of people continuing to receive unemployment benefits set a record for the 15th straight week.

Some of the counties suffering the most from job losses stand to receive the least help from President Barack Obama’s plan to spend billions of stimulus dollars on roads and bridges, an Associated Press analysis has found.

More than 100 people from several countries are coming to Rockford this week to see waste turned to energy.

Jim and Cheryl Hailey caught the wine-making bug more than a decade ago while helping friends open a winery, and now they’ve brought their experience to Ogle County.

Members of the Rock River Valley business community gathered before and after hours in April and May.

Bankruptcy protection for Chrysler LLC, and an imminent deal with Italian automaker Fiat Group SpA, could be a good thing for Belvidere’s assembly plant, local leaders say, but it will lead to short-term pain.