Small Business
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Rolling Meadows aldermen back plan to offer restaurants incentivesMar 22, 2018 1:00 am - Most Rolling Meadows aldermen voiced support this week for a proposal that would provide restaurants with financial incentives to lure them to town. Aldermen John D'Asti...
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Naperville bride hires students with disabilities to create recycled invitesMar 21, 2018 11:00 pm - The raw material for Samantha Hudelson's wedding invitations starts in a Naperville classroom, where a student tosses it into a recycling bin. It meets a shredder, wher...
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Chatbots to video, websites are changingMar 19, 2018 5:00 am - What your business' new website looks like matters: You have only a handful of seconds to convince a site visitor to stay. How well the site functions may be even more i...
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Comet Frozen Custard reopens TuesdayMar 16, 2018 1:00 am - Comet Frozen Custard & Coffee in downtown Rolling Meadows reopens for the 2018 season next Tuesday, officials say. The shop at 3001 Kirchoff Road closes in the wintertim...
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What happened to the former Haeger factory in East Dundee?Mar 16, 2018 1:00 am - The former Haeger Potteries plant in East Dundee has gone dark. All plastic bag manufacturing operations have ceased at 7 Maiden Lane. A neon orange sign posted on the d...
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Dimples Donuts coming to ElginMar 14, 2018 1:00 am - Doughnut fans can look forward to a new shop opening in the location of the defunct Roll-N-Donut in Elgin. Dimples Donuts at 1315 Dundee Ave. will offer an array of doug...
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Italian restaurant with brick-oven pizza coming to PalatineMar 13, 2018 5:30 am - An Italian restaurant that was supposed to open in a Northwest Highway mall in Palatine in 2017 will try again this year in a different space and with a new name. Under ...
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How (and why) to be friends with your bankerMar 12, 2018 4:00 am - Tactically, you probably should take the initiative, but your bank may be a friendlier place than you think - even when your business needs a loan. You're not likely to ...
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Guitar Center in Algonquin now offering lessonsMar 11, 2018 11:00 pm - For years, customers have been purchasing their guitars, ukuleles, keyboards and more musical needs at the Guitar Center at 195 S. Randall Road in Algonquin. Inevitably,...
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Duke's BBQ to open in East Dundee cabooseMar 07, 2018 12:00 am - The operators of Duke's Blues N BBQ have been building a following of customers in the Dundee area and beyond. Terrance "Duke" Seward and his wife, Rhiannon, have launch...