Small Business
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Opening doors for Chicagoland entrepreneursAug 14, 2026 11:34 am - The impact of tariffs, oil prices, artificial intelligence and economic uncertainty are only some of the factors which have increased the prospect of impending layoffs. Employers are cautious.
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Downtown Naperville Alliance picks Dawn Portner as new executive directorAug 13, 2026 2:43 pm - The Downtown Naperville Alliance Board of Directors selected Dawn Portner as the organization’s new executive director.
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Long Grove approves early childhood center, setting up showdown with Buffalo GroveAug 12, 2026 5:44 pm - Now that Long Grove trustees have given the Children’s Lighthouse early childhood learning center the green light, the question is whether Buffalo Grove will put a stop to it.
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Once Upon a Bagel among new eateries planned on Higgins Road in RosemontAug 12, 2026 8:32 am - Once Upon a Bagel will open a 1,800-square-foot shop in Rosemont’s village-owned strip building at 9500-9520 W. Higgins Road, taking over a former Starbucks corner location and joining other new eateries in the developing restaurant row.
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The Biz Week That Was: Portillo’s announces layoffs, Yorktown sues grocer, and St. Charles brewers face offAug 08, 2026 7:15 am - Portillo’s lays off 18% of corporate employees at Oak Brook headquarters amid sluggish same-store sales With food costs rising and same-store sales falling, Portillo...
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New tariffs have shrunk Illinois’ economy and cost households $2,200 per yearAug 08, 2026 7:00 am - New research from the Midwest Economic Policy Institute and the Project for Middle Class Renewal at the University of Illinois finds that Midwest families, manufacturers, and farmers have been paying the bill for the Trump administration’s tariff policies.
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Cybersecurity threats are enhanced by AIAug 08, 2026 5:38 am - Artificial intelligence can be a tremendous benefit to the workplace. In the wrong hands, however, it poses one of the largest cybersecurity threats to businesses today.
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Cook County-area business owners share their approach to PTOAug 05, 2026 12:30 pm - According to a recent survey from the Society for Human Resource Management, more than 80% of workers said that “paid leave” is either an extremely important or very important benefit they expect from their employer, ranking just below health insurance and retirement benefits.
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One Naperville fitness center closing while another plans to open
Aug 05, 2026 12:00 pm - As one fitness chain shuts down in Naperville, another is preparing to open. National gym chain LA Fitness closed its 2780 Fitness Drive facility on Wednesday.
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Illinois joins lawsuit over Trump’s new tariffs, calling them ‘pretext’ to replace his old ones