Small Business
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An HR expert's advice to employers on reducing risk of violence after a firingFeb 18, 2019 12:00 am - Violence stemming from employee firings is rare, but bosses can take steps to reduce the likelihood of potentially deadly confrontations like the one that occurred Frida...
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About those tax deductionsFeb 17, 2019 12:00 am - Before you write the check to reserve seats for your business' annual Cubs Rooftop Outing, or other client event, you may want to check with your tax advisor. In fact, i...
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Sugar Grove mom invents Fizzy Magic - a bath bomb for kids with a toy surprise insideFeb 15, 2019 5:00 am - It's a good thing that Mary Westerhaus' 6-year-old son Lane is the curious type. The Sugar Grove mom listened carefully when her son quizzed the clerk at a store in Dece...
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Grayslake small business group growing, hosting a wine walkFeb 15, 2019 12:00 am - A just-formed group of Grayslake small business owners hosted its first event, a window-decorating competition, on Black Friday to coincide with the village tree lightin...
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House approves $15 minimum wage by 2025, and Pritzker's expected to make it official
Feb 14, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - 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 mi...
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MCC offers courses on how to start your own businessFeb 13, 2019 10:00 pm - Aspiring entrepreneurs can get tips on how to start a new business or create a new business plan at two popular seminars offered by the Illinois Small Business Developme...
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'Biggest Loser' Danni Allen helps others get fitFeb 13, 2019 12:00 am - Danni Allen, the Mundelein native and one-time Wheeling resident who became the winner of NBC's "Biggest Loser" in 2013, still spends a lot of time in the gym. Only now,...
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Ice age a reminder that disaster plans matterFeb 10, 2019 12:00 am - If 50-plus consecutive hours of below-zero temperatures, too many leaking (or worse) water pipes, company vehicles that really don't want to start, drippy ceilings and e...
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Booze-infused ice cream business wants to open in NapervilleFeb 08, 2019 4:00 am - Freshly made, flash-frozen ice cream could come with an infusion of liquor in Naperville if city leaders approve a pitch from a franchiser who wants to bring a Cincinnat...
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Arlington Heights restaurant 'Passero' on 'Check, Please!' FridayFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - A downtown Arlington Heights restaurant will be featured Friday night on WTTW's "Check, Please!" Passero, a trattoria-inspired American restaurant that opened at 5 W. Ca...