Small Business
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Andy's Frozen Custard eyes more suburban locationsMar 28, 2016 1:00 am - Andy's Frozen Custard will open new stores in the suburbs this summer, with an Oswego store opening in June and Naperville and Mount Prospect locations in July, the comp...
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Plans, results: How well are they matching up?Mar 27, 2016 5:12 am - Technically, we're not quite at the end of the first quarter, but we're close enough to make at least an initial comparison between the 2016 plans we so carefully create...
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Go Hardball opens new location in Lake BarringtonMar 25, 2016 1:00 am - Go Hardball is expanding its business and opening a second location in Lake Barrington. The Lake Zurich-based company is launching at 28156 W. Northpoint Parkway. A...
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East Dundee village president opening antique shopMar 24, 2016 1:00 am - Village President Lael Miller says he's putting his money where his mouth is. By starting a business in downtown East Dundee, he and his wife, Connie - avid antique coll...
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Business taxes filed, it's time for 2016's business taxesMar 20, 2016 9:45 am - Your business taxes are filed - - the deadline was last week - - and you and your preparer can get on with completing your household tax information. Or, if you're a tax...
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Some businesses will let workers watch NCAA games at work
Mar 20, 2016 6:33 am - NEW YORK - March Madness is taking over at small companies that are letting employees watch the NCAA basketball tournament while they work. Staffers at the marketing com...
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Moving Picture: Meet the couple who captures pesky crittersMar 18, 2016 11:00 pm - What should you do when you have a squirrel in your basement? What about a beaver taking over your backyard or a chipmunk in your chimney? You can try to solve the issu...
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Hanover Park manufacturing plant receives national award for excellenceMar 18, 2016 1:00 am - Camcraft, a machine part manufacturing plant, in Hanover Park, by the village board this week for being named one of IndustryWeek's best plants of 2015. The award recogn...
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Al Chulo restaurant brings authentic, modern Mexican food to West ChicagoMar 18, 2016 1:00 am - To describe something as "chulo" or "chula" is to call it cute, beautiful or lovely. "We use that word a lot in Mexico," says Miguel Villanueva, co-owner of the Al Chul...
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Constable: On St. Patrick's Day, respect the bartendersMar 17, 2016 5:00 am - A holiday known for hangovers, St. Patrick's Day has been hanging over the suburbs for most of March. Bagpipers and bartenders have been in demand the last two weekends,...