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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

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Restoration Hardware Outlet recently moved into the former Carson’s in the Streets of Woodfield shopping center in Schaumburg.

Restoration Hardware Outlet opens in former Schaumburg Carson's

Restoration Hardware Outlet has moved into the approximately 140,000-square-foot space previously occupied by Carson's at Streets of Woodfield shopping center in Schaumburg, demonstrating that there are specialty retailers in the market for larger spaces.
Another Ace Hardware plans to operate in this space at Palatine Plaza. The current Ace is going out of business and is liquidating its inventory. Officials from Highland Park-based Mutual Ace Hardware say they are acquiring the store and hope to have it fully stocked to reopen in early April.

Old Ace Hardware likely to become new Ace Hardware in Palatine

Another Ace Hardware is expected to replace a franchise operated by a different ownership group that's going out of business at Palatine Plaza.
St. Charles is expected to award about $45,000 to help property owners transform a portion of 100 S. Riverside Ave. into an upscale sports bar.

St. Charles likely to offer incentives for new sports bar

St. Charles is expected to offer financial assistance to help transform a vacant downtown property into an upscale sports bar.
Mary Perucca, 85, hugs her sister Dorothy, left, on Tuesday at Travanse Living senior community in Grayslake.

Senior community fulfills Grayslake woman's wish to see sisters again

Mary Perucca, an 85-year-old resident of Travanse Living at Grayslake, was beginning to think she would never see her three younger sisters again. But on Tuesday they were reunited at the senior community thanks to an essay written by her daughter.
Husband and wife Andy Kraft and Amy Elias, of Portland, Ore., pose with their 2018 tax paperwork in their Portland home on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. The couple got a small refund last year but this year owe more than $10,000 in taxes under the new tax law. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)
I owe how much? Americans shocked by impact of new tax law
The first tax filing season under the new federal tax law is proving to be surprising, confusing - and occasionally frightening - for some Americans, especially those accustomed to getting money back from the government.
Chip Miceli, CEO with Pulse Technology in Carol Stream, changed the name of his company to reflect its evolving mission.
Formerly Des Plaines Office Equipment, iconic business grows in reach, expertise
Des Plaines Office Equipment evolved into one of the largest independent suppliers of equipment and service in the metropolitan Chicago region. The company has expanded into print services, video displays, IT network and cloud-based services and has a new name, Pulse Technology.
ID Label Inc in Lake Villa . is celebrating 25 years in business.
ID Label celebrates 25 years
ID Label Inc. is celebrating 25 years in business.
J.B. Pritzker speaks last year on the SIU campus.
House approves $15 minimum wage by 2025, and Pritzker's expected to make it official
Illinois legislators moved quickly Thursday to deliver one of new Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker's top campaign promises, a gradual hike in the statewide minimum wage from $8.25 to $15 an hour -- more than double the pay floor that most of its Midwestern neighbors require.
Mac’s on Slade in downtown Palatine has a new liquor license and can continue operating. But Palatine’s elected officials, frustrated by a recent ordinance violation by the bar, warned they may not give the business another chance.
Mac's on Slade receives new liquor license, and a warning from Palatine officials
Palatine's elected officials issued a warning Monday that downtown bar and grill Mac's on Slade no longer can afford to violate local ordinances, but ultimately they granted a new liquor license to the establishment.
N-Jet celebrates 40 years of flight
Private jet charter and jet aircraft management company N-Jet is celebrating its 40th anniversary,
Johnny C. Taylor Jr., president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management
An HR expert's advice to employers on reducing risk of workplace violence after a firing
Violence stemming from employee firings is rare, but bosses can take specific steps to reduce the likelihood of potentially deadly confrontations like the one that occurred Friday in Aurora.
Business Ledger | Harris named IHA SVP, general counsel
Karen Harris will join the Illinois Health and Hospital Association as its senior vice president and general counsel, effective March 1.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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