Small Business
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Catalog selling Donley's Wild West Town for $7 millionDec 11, 2016 6:00 am - The always quirky Hammacher Schlemmer catalog offers a remote-controlled flying shark balloon for $39.95, a battery-powered miniature boat that catches actual fish for $...
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How to manage through post-election turmoilDec 11, 2016 12:00 am - Whether Donald Trump is the savior his supporters voted for or the devil who will ruin the nation doesn't matter, at least for our discussion this morning. What matters,...
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Wheaton family learns basics of being a small businessDec 11, 2016 12:00 am - Wheaton resident Bill Zeuch, a chief operating officer for a consumer electronics company in Chicago, wanted to teach his three children on how businesses run. What star...
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Palatine Chamber presents Key to Success AwardsDec 10, 2016 12:00 am - The Palatine Area Chamber of Commerce held its Key to Success Awards Dinner on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at The Cotillion Banquets in Palatine. The 2016 nominees and winners (...
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Carpentersville church raising funds to open community grocery storeDec 07, 2016 12:00 am - A local church is raising money to open a community store in East Dundee that will sell groceries and other merchandise at reduced prices. H2O Church is in the final str...
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Glendale Heights company makes pitch on ABC's Shark TankDec 06, 2016 12:00 am - Will DigiWrap Inc., a Glendale Heights company that makes custom tissue paper and gift bags, cut a deal with the sharks? We won't know until ABC's Shark Tank airs at 8 p...
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Fundraiser to be held Wednesday at Culver's in Buffalo GroveDec 06, 2016 12:00 am - The Culver's restaurant at 450 McHenry Road in Buffalo Grove will raise money for Stevenson High School's Choral Guild on Wednesday, Dec. 7. If you mention the choral gu...
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Kukec People: Former musician from Mount Prospect finds niche as restauranteurDec 04, 2016 12:00 am - About two years ago, Mount Prospect resident Richard Schweigel and his wife Penny opened Mother Cluckers, a restaurant in Chicago specializing in chicken dishes from fam...
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What businesses should do now that the overtime pay rule is on holdDec 03, 2016 12:00 am - The implementation of a Department of Labor rule that would have roughly doubled the number of Americans eligible for overtime pay is now on hold. Just before Thanksgivi...
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Marigold Maison relocating to LincolnshireNov 30, 2016 12:00 am - An acclaimed Indian restaurant in Bannockburn is relocating to a shopping center in nearby Lincolnshire. Marigold Maison should open in February at 900 Milwaukee Ave...