Small Business
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How to keep the new client you landedAug 10, 2015 5:00 am - There's a reason that 800-lb. elephant keeps showing up at staff parties celebrating a new client: No client relationship lasts forever. The problem is that many of th...
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Iconic Des Plaines businessman Frank Pesche dies at 88Aug 10, 2015 1:00 am - The owner of one of Des Plaines' most iconic businesses, Pesche's Flower & Garden Center, has died. Frank Pesche was a fixture at the garden center, having grown up in a...
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How Naperville mom's board game teaches kids about careersAug 10, 2015 1:00 am - Not to knock Superman, Elsa or Anna, but one Naperville mom thinks kids have had enough. “We have too many superheroes and princesses,” Niketa Jhaveri says. What kids ne...
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At the speed of technology, WAV founder keeps it versatileAug 09, 2015 5:25 am - Norm Dumbroff loves speed. Perhaps that's why he loves fast-changing technology and founded Aurora-based WAV Wireless Outfitters. He also likes racing and NASCAR. So it ...
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Breakfast is served (deliciously!) in downtown St. CharlesAug 08, 2015 1:00 pm - It's the second restaurant Rob Mondi has opened in St. Charles in the past few years. His first, Slider Franks on the east side, didn't fare well, he says, because he al...
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Schaumburg treehouse inspires new rental rulesAug 07, 2015 1:00 am - Having already ensured an elaborate backyard treehouse stays unique in Schaumburg, village officials are now pursuing regulation of the short-term rentals that have been...
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Giordano's opens Monday in Des Plaines' Metropolitan SquareAug 06, 2015 1:00 am - A new Giordano's pizzeria, offering carryout, delivery and in-restaurant dining, opens Monday in Des Plaines' Metropolitan Square. It's the latest business to fill a vac...
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Chicago dim sum restaurant opening Rolling Meadows locationAug 06, 2015 1:00 am - A new Asian cuisine restaurant is set to open in Rolling Meadows in the former Old Country Buffet location. The building, at 1440 W. Golf Road, has been home to several ...
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St. Charles aldermen now allow drive-through liquor salesAug 05, 2015 5:30 am - It wasn't shock and awe for Peter Bogle when he learned St. Charles aldermen voted to permit drive-through liquor sales in the city this week. It was more like shock and...
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New Rosemont bar/restaurant opens FridayAug 05, 2015 1:00 am - With memorabilia on the wood-paneled walls in place and kegs behind the bar tapped, a new bar/restaurant is ready to open Friday on the first floor of Rosemont's village...