Small Business
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3 accounting statements your business needs to measure financial performanceNov 08, 2016 12:00 am - In many ways, money is the language of business. Yet it often takes some time before small business owners feel comfortable in understanding and speaking that language. ...
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Algonquin coffee shop creates community gathering spaceNov 06, 2016 10:00 pm - When Daily Projects Café and Eatery first opened along the Randall Road corridor in Algonquin earlier this year, its owners hoped it would become a hot spot for communit...
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How to cope with entrepreneurial stressNov 06, 2016 12:00 am - Ray Simon likes to walk to work. "I walked to work this morning," he said when we talked last month. "It's meditative. I get to ponder things with no devices in front of...
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Crematory plan clears first hurdle in Lake VillaNov 04, 2016 1:00 am - An advisory panel has given a thumbs-up to an online funeral and crematory service planned for a Lake Villa business park, while imposing several conditions to address c...
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Half-bearded Cubs fan is now free to shaveNov 03, 2016 1:00 am - People questioned whether 74-year-old fan Don Miller Sr., of Palatine, had thought about the consequences when he vowed in the spring to shave only one side of his face ...
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Breakfast place in downtown St. Charles expandsNov 02, 2016 11:00 pm - Rob Mondi thought he had a great idea when he opened Abby's Breakfast and Lunch in downtown St. Charles. He just had to rethink that idea a bit. At 11 N. Third St., it w...
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Crematory proposal creates controversy in Lake VillaNov 01, 2016 5:30 am - Businesses fear emissions from proposed online funeral service
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Lake Zurich's White Alps restaurant ends 30-year runOct 31, 2016 1:00 am - Lake Zurich's White Alps restaurant has closed after 30 years near Route 22 and Rand Road. White Alps announced Monday's closure on a message board section of its roadsi...
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Dance skills need work? Call the dentistOct 30, 2016 1:00 am - Uncomfortable when everyone else at the wedding heads to the dance floor while you sit at the table and try to avoid your spouse's c'mon-let's-dance stare? Do you avoid ...
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Once worried about drones, Naperville now sees benefitsOct 29, 2016 7:00 am - About two years ago, a drone flew over downtown Naperville and captured images of the city at night, downtown lights twinkling, all awash in a holiday glow. When the vi...