Business Stories from June 27, 2011 (Change date)
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Consumers' confidence down in June on job worriesJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — If you're a U.S. consumer, why would you be confident? Following a string of bad news that threatens the painfully slow economic recovery, consumer confidence...
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Delay Medicare eligibility: Coburn and LiebermanJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — Two Senate rebels jumped into Congress' cut-the-deficit competition on Tuesday, proposing to raise the age of Medicare eligibility to 67 and increase monthl...
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Quinn signs workers' compensation reformJun 27, 2011 11:00 pm - MELROSE PARK — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn said companies should see their workers' compensation premiums drop because of a new law he signed Tuesday overhauling the system ...
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New franchise owner in Lombard shares decision processJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - If starting your own business seems the best way out of a no-job hole, you have choices to make: Ÿ You can, for example, shoestring a consulting business with little mor...
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Local exec inducted into college Hall of FameJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - Ed Rensi of Downers Grove remembers what it was like when he was an Ohio State University student and his wife was expecting their first child. He had no money. No car. ...
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Watch out for extended warrantiesJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - By Marni Pyke Watch out for bogus extended service warranties on your vehicle, the Better Business Bureau warns. You may think you’re getting extra protection from the m...
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Augustine to be new SBA chairmanJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - The Schaumburg Business Association announced Monday that Chair-Elect Richard Augustine, Sr., of R.J. Augustine and Associates, Ltd. CPA’s, would step up to become chair...
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Downtown Wheaton group pitches new taxing districtJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - The Downtown Wheaton Association on Monday took a first step toward what it hopes is the eventual creation of a new special service area that would provide the money it ...
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Despite objections, Mount Prospect OKs bank drive-throughJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - The Mount Prospect Village Board approved drive-through lanes and a parking lot setback for Ravenswood Community Bank, but not without some opposition from the bank’s ne...
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Big truck debate: Local police say no to weight gainJun 27, 2011 12:00 am - My views on trucks always vary depending on whether my car's been spattered with debris from a load without a tarpaulin or if I'm feeling guilty after squeezing into a l...