Champaign Local Business

Local business in Champaign, IL

• Yesterday | via Business Journal 

  Sprint strengthens Midwest footprint with 420K U.S. ...

  Sprint Nextel Corp. completed a $480 million deal with U.S. Cellular Corp. on Friday that brings Sprint as many as 420,000 new Midwestern customers and a stronger wireless network.

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  Related Topix: Sprint Nextel, Telecom, IT Services, Wireless, Emerging Technology, Champaign, IL

• Friday | via PHONE+ 

  Sprint Wraps Buy of U.S. Cellular Assets

  Louis area. The carrier says this will significantly increase its network capacity and improve the customer experience in these markets.

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  Related Topix: Sprint Nextel, Sprint, Wireless, Telecom

• Thursday May 16 | via CU-CitizenAccess.org 

  wins 2012 Peter Lisagor Award

  Sam Vega/Hoy Eric Maligaya takes a call at Maligaya's, a grocery store that caters explicitly to Filipino customers.

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  Related Topix: Life, Fruits, Food, Tribune Company

• Tuesday May 14 | via IllinoisHomepage.net 

  You Paid For It: City employees on social media

  YouTube, Facebook, Twitter. They can be great tools to keep us connected. But they can be time-wasters, too.

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  Related Topix: Startups, Facebook

• Tuesday May 14 | via IllinoisHomepage.net 

  Teens learn lessons from lawmakers

  Kids from around the state are working together to put an end to violence. They met for "Youth Democracy and Violence Prevention Day." They had the chance to talk with lawmakers, listen to all kinds of speeches and learn how the legislative process works.

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  Related Topix: Champaign, IL, Social Software

• Monday May 13 | via IllinoisHomepage.net 

  Harris murder trial resumes, Part 1

  The state is continuing to build its case against Christopher Harris for the mass murder of a Beason family in 2009.

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  Related Topix: Apparel, Footwear, KSwiss, Armington, IL

• Friday May 10 | via Thefabricator.com 

  Changing attitudes to boost STEM career

  My wife works with some pretty smart people. She's a math teacher, which puts her in day-to-day contact with talented teachers and highly intelligent students in her advanced placement courses.

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  Related Topix: Marketing, Champaign, IL

• Thursday May 9 | via TVSPY 

  Lori Wilson Joins WISH as Anchor

  "Lori has built a solid career filled with many examples of quality journalism both reporting out on the street and behind the anchor desk," said WISH news director Steve Bray .

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  Related Topix: Central, IN, Social Media Marketing, Entertainment, Television

• Thursday May 9 | via WHMS 

  Help cancer society celebrate its 100th

  One hundred years ago, the American Cancer Society began the fight of a lifetime - the fight against cancer.

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  Related Topix: Charitable Organizations, American Cancer Society, Opinion

• Monday May 6 | via The News-Gazette 

  Khan draws parallels between success in auto parts a...

  The president of Urbana-based Flex-N-Gate says developing an NFL franchise can be very much like developing an auto parts business.

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  Related Topix: Auto Parts, Urbana, IL, Champaign, IL

• Saturday May 4 | via The News-Gazette 

  Project helps homeowners avoid foreclosure

  When a homeowner is behind in mortgage payments and receives a summons for a foreclosure proceeding, the common reaction is, "I haven't paid.

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  Related Topix: Foreclosures, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Champaign County, IL, Champaign, IL

• Friday May 3 | via The News-Gazette 

  Business roundup: Dish Network adds WICD-TV

  DISH Network has begun carrying Champaign-based WICD-TV on its lineup for East Central Illinois following extensive negotiations with the station's owner, Sinclair Broadcast Group.

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  Related Topix: Illinois, Champaign, IL, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, DISH Network, Television, Recreational Vehicle, Award, Urbana, IL