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• ROBERT ADLER

  - 2007-02-22

  Fame can be unfair. Robert Adler was a brilliant and innovative practical physicist. But he will be remembered as the patron saint of couch potatoes, the coinventor of a device he did not consider especially significant, but that has become indispensable to modern sedentary civilisation: the humble television remote control....

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• Lake Villa golf teacher says destiny led him to sport.(Neighbor)

  - 2006-08-21

  Byline: Elena Ferrarin Daily Herald Staff Writer Mike Perez believes golf was his destiny. It was 1969, and a fellow foreman at the now-closed Zenith Electronics plant in Melrose Park invited him to a golf outing and banquet at Nordic Hills Resort,...

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• Technology deals.(Business)(IPTV technology)(FPT Communications)(Aaj TV )(Illustration)

  - 2005-04-01

  Technology deals LG Electronics South Korean electronics giant has Korea; +82/2 757 1234 signed licence...

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• Couple plead guilty to fraud.(Briefs)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-02-28

  Rose Erwin, the executive secretary who swindled $9.5 million from her boss, former Zenith Electronics CEO Peter S. Willmott, and her husband pleaded guilty to federal fraud and money-laundering charges. She wrote hundreds of checks from Mr. Willmott's account, over which he had given her power...

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• Jane P. Kusenko.(Obituaries)(Obituary)

  - 2004-09-09

  Jane P. Kusenko of Morton Grove The funeral for Jane P. Kusenko nee Guzik, 88, will begin with prayers at 9:15 a.m. Saturday, at Skaja Terrace Funeral Home, 7812 N. Milwaukee Ave., Niles, then proceed to Our Lady of Ransom Church, where a Mass...

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• Local Focus.(Business)

  - 2004-08-31

  Zenith, Toshiba sign licensing agreement LINCOLNSHIRE - Zenith Electronics Corp., a subsidiary of LG Electronics, said Monday it has agreed to let Toshiba America Consumer Products LLC license its digital television technology. Zenith did not disclose the terms of the deal. The technology, called...

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• Master and commander.(memory lane)

  - 2004-07-01

  In the late 1950s, when the U.S. was transfixed by the Space Age, a common way to make a new product appealing was to give it a name that had to do with space exploration. Thus, a washing machine was christened "Starmatic," even though it was surely...

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• L30W36.(Computer Monitor)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-05-01

  The L30W36 by Zenith Electronics (www.zenith.com, 888-865-3026) is a truly flat LCD HDTV monitor that delivers superior quality images. The 30" HDTV display offers WXGA resolution and a 400:1 contrast ratio, which together produce extremely detailed images. With a 170 degree by 170 degree viewing angle,...

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• North American Free Trade Agreement Brings Varied Luck for Mexican Workers.

  - 2003-11-10

  By Jane Bussey, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 10--For Mexican workers who assembled television sets for Zenith Electronics, the North American Free Trade Agreement was the beginning of a dream. For their counterparts making picture tubes in a ...

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• LodgeNet, Zenith bring HDTV to hotels.(supply line)(Brief Article)

  - 2003-09-01

  NEW ORLEANS LodgeNet Entertainment Corp. and Zenith Electronics Corp. recently introduced the first digital, high-definition television HDTV solution for guestrooms. Guests now can enjoy the digital sound quality and visual clarity of HDTV programming, plus LodgeNet's digital on-demand movies, music, Internet, TV and games, all with...

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