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Chicago Rivet profit up due to lower costs NAPERVILLE - Chicago Rivet & Machine Co.' s profit in the third quarter was $601,615, or 61 cents a share. During the year-ago period, profit was $5,431, or 1 cent a share. The company said the improvement mainly is attributable to lower manufacturing costs and a $330,000 refund - the result of an appeal - of a Michigan business tax from four years ago.

The company said a 5.7 percent revenue jump, to $9.3 million, also helped raise profit. Laidlaw loses less since bankruptcy NAPERVILLE - Laidlaw International Inc. said on Wednesday it improved its results in the fourth quarter ended Aug. 31, but warned comparisons with 2003 may be misleading because of its June 2003 emergence from bankruptcy. The holding company...