Small Business
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Small business and politics: How did Graves do?Dec 14, 2014 6:32 am - NEW YORK - Small companies were still reeling from the recession in 2011 when Sam Graves became chairman of the House Small Business Committee. As the Missouri Republica...
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Pop-up vintage 'experiment' open in downtown NapervilleDec 13, 2014 4:30 am - The Washington Place strip of storefronts in downtown Naperville might not be the most vibrant this holiday season. Two of its sections are empty, undergoing a transform...
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Consumer confidence points to solid gain in salesDec 12, 2014 12:01 am - Americans brimmed with confidence in early December as they shopped for holiday gifts, signaling retailers will see sales continue to accelerate heading into 2015. The T...
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Like low gas prices? So does the station ownerDec 12, 2014 12:01 am - NEW YORK - So you think you are finally getting one over on the gas stations as you pay well under $3 a gallon for the first time in four years? Guess again. Gas statio...
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New Lombard tattoo studio hopes to break stereotypesDec 11, 2014 4:30 am - There's an image that often comes to mind when people hear the words "tattoo studio," Jerry Cross said. "Everybody that isn't really aware of the newer trends in tattooi...
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Ye Olde Town Inn, Billy Goat latest restaurants to close in suburbsDec 11, 2014 12:01 am - Editor's note: A previous version of this story indicated that Family House Restaurant in Schaumburg closed in November. It opened in November. Ye Olde Town Inn and...
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Pizza bar owned by fire+wine chef coming to WheatonDec 11, 2014 12:01 am - A new restaurant offering "old world" Neapolitan pizza is coming to downtown Wheaton, filling a storefront left vacant earlier this year. Owner Brian Goewey says his re...
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Buffalo Grove adds new restrictions on pawn, resale shopsDec 11, 2014 12:00 am - Opening a pawn or resale shop in Buffalo Grove now requires village approval, thanks to a change to the town's zoning ordinance approved recently by village trustees. Th...
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Davis and Chmerkovskiy, together againDec 10, 2014 12:01 am - "Dancing With the Stars" 2013 champions Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovskiy will sign autographs and take pictures with guests from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14 at the Vera ...
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Barbershop likely no more, after six decadesDec 09, 2014 12:01 am - Chances are an Elgin storefront that has been a barbershop for more than 60 years will cease to be so in March. Tim O'Day, owner of Tim's Place of Barbers, is planning t...