Business Briefs.(Business)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January, 2001

ADM executive accused of stealing DECATUR - A marketing manager was charged Wednesday with embezzling more than $118,000 from the Archer Daniels Midland Co. over the past 15 months. Jerry D. Jones, 43, of Decatur, allegedly created a phony company and submitted fake invoices. MarchFirst to cut 550 more jobs CHICAGO - MarchFirst Inc., an Internet consultant whose shares have plunged 95 percent in the past 12 months, said it will eliminate 550 more jobs and close some offices, two months after cutting 1,000 positions.

Chicago-based MarchFirst said it will have about 7,600 employees remaining. Mediator halts talks with UAL mechanics ELK GROVE TOWNSHIP - UAL Corp.'s United Airlines and its mechanics ended two days of contract negotiations in San Francisco...