All Stories from July 14, 2012 (Change date)
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DuPage election panel scrutinizes PR firm contractJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - Members of the revamped DuPage Board of Election Commissioners are questioning the need to keep a public relations firm hired by their predecessors. The bipartisan panel...
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Downtown Wauconda's new look a hitJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - When Bliss Wine & Gifts opened in a Wauconda storefront in 2009, Maria Weisbruch remembers looking out its windows onto Main Street with a sensation her new tasting menu...
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6 ways leaders can write better in the post-Twitter worldJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - With the fast-paced universe of instant communication via emails, text messages and social media, we are all constantly writing. Because we write so much, so often, our...
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With government support, small businesses buy officesJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - Las Vegas dentist Chris Cozine wanted to cut costs after the Great Recession. He found an unlikely way: He ditched the office he was renting and bought 6,600 square feet...
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Cyber Sleuthing Your Family TreeJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - The monthly meeting of the Computer-Assisted Genealogy Group of Northern Illinois (CAGGNI) has as it topic, "Cyber Sleuthing Your Family Tree." It will be held at the m...
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Entrepreneurs having tough time in ChinaJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - ZHANJIANG, China — Reformers say China needs more entrepreneurs like Liu Peijian. His chain of six furniture stores employs 60 people. But Beijing's response to the deep...
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Emerging market bonds: 4 things you need to knowJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - BOSTON — Investors continue to pour their money into bonds. And the decline in the stock market this month certainly won't stem their flight to safer investments. Yet th...
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Obama calls for rise in write-offs for small businessesJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to increase the amount of investments small businesses can expense next year. The White House says Obama want...
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Text of ex-slave's letter to his former masterJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - The famed letter written by an ex-slave in response to his former master's request that he return to the plantation, soon after the end of the Civil War. Different versi...
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Palatine officials join trend of forgoing pensionsJul 14, 2012 11:00 pm - The pool of elected officials participating in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund has been shrinking as eligibility requirements continue to come under increased scr...