Small Business
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Racetrack brings slot car hobby to new life in NapervilleDec 12, 2016 12:00 am - Slot car racing, which experienced a boom in the 1960s among boys of a certain age, is hoping to make a comeback in Naperville. A track and hobby shop called mid-America...
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West Chicago honors legacy businessDec 11, 2016 10:00 pm - A West Chicago business, Jel Sert, received the city's first Legacy Business Award as part of the city's Brilliance in Business Awards program. The new Legacy Award hono...
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Time to set limits: Small business owners suffer tech overload
Dec 11, 2016 6:20 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Three years into being a business owner, Becky Davis knew she needed to break the hold technology had on her. Davis, a marketing and management consultan...
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Tips to limit tech overload, maintain work-life balance
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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...