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2. List of companies in the Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago metropolitan area – also known as "Chicagoland" – is the metropolitan area associated with the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its suburbs. [2] With an estimated population of 9.4 million people, [3] it is the third largest metropolitan area in the United States [4] and the region most connected to the city through geographic ...

3. Society for Radiological Protection - Wikipedia

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   Set up in early 2010 to promote less experienced radiation protection professionals in the Society, and to focus on the needs of newer members. The aim of the group is to help members develop their careers in the field of radiation protection. It is open to any member of the society who would be interested in establishing or progressing their ...

4. Stanford Research Park - Wikipedia

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   By 1956, Hewlett-Packard established its world headquarters in SRP. The park acquired more land as it grew from 40 tenants in 1960 to 100 tenants in 1985 to over 150 by January 2018. [ 7 ] The name was changed in the 1970s to Stanford Research Park to highlight "the focus of cooperation between the university and the tech companies". [ 9 ]

5. Economy of Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Chicago and its suburbs is home to 35 Fortune 500 companies and is a transportation and distribution center. Manufacturing, printing, publishing, insurance, transportation, financial trading and services, and food processing also play major roles in the city's economy.

6. Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago metropolitan area represents about 3 percent of the entire US population. Chicagoland has one of the world's largest and most diversified economies. With more than six million full and part-time employees, the Chicago metropolitan area is a key factor of the Illinois economy, as the state has an annual GDP of over $1 trillion. [7]

7. Bridgeport, Chicago - Wikipedia

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   A limestone quarry was established in 1832 or 1833, which provided stone to improve the Chicago harbor. In 1836 the area was renamed Bridgeport, the first Chicago neighborhood. [5] In the 1830s, large numbers of immigrants from Ireland started settling in this working-class neighborhood, which became an Irish-American enclave.