Small Business
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More 'Help Wanted' signs up at small businessesDec 28, 2014 6:15 am - NEW YORK - If you're looking for signs that the U.S. economy is growing and that the job market is improving, just talk to small business owners. After cutting back on...
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Food hubs link consumers with local farm producersDec 27, 2014 12:01 am - BURLINGTON, Vt. - Move over farmers' markets. More than 300 food hubs around the country are also providing small farms another outlet to sell locally raised food to con...
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What suburban shoppers were out for Dec. 26 and whyDec 26, 2014 12:00 am - Suburban stores and malls were bustling the day after Christmas with shoppers looking for bargains, spending their gift cards and making exchanges. Nevertheless, the atm...
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Last-minute suburban shoppers finding it's a breezeDec 24, 2014 12:01 am - Shoppers found plenty of parking spots and no long lines at the checkouts Wednesday as they whittled down their lists on the last day before Christmas. "It's been awesom...
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Gift ideas for last-minute shoppersDec 23, 2014 11:01 pm - You could say it's crunchtime. It's Christmas Eve, and you've got your work cut out for you if haven't finished Christmas shopping yet. But you don't need to panic. Ther...
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Leva finds sweet spot by expanding Long Grove ConfectioneryDec 22, 2014 12:01 am - When Craig Leva was 21, he didn't have a penny in his pocket, but that didn't stop him from traveling to Israel, Europe and elsewhere. With a study abroad program and a ...
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Hanover Park wants tax breaks for Hanover Square strip mallDec 22, 2014 12:01 am - Trying to get the village out of the business of running a strip mall, Hanover Park officials are lobbying Cook County to award property tax breaks that could persuade a...
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Seminar helps women develop CEO skillsDec 22, 2014 12:00 am - Kathryn Miller is president (and owner) of HST Materials Inc., an Elk Grove Village custom die-cutting and fabrication company where she has worked for 27 years. Miller...
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Tips for getting 'Staff Pick' on KickstarterDec 21, 2014 6:41 am - NEW YORK - Entrepreneurs and other users of crowdfunding site Kickstarter have been seeking the secret to becoming a "Staff Pick" for some time without much luck. Not ev...
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Texas ranchers seeking alternative incomesDec 20, 2014 12:01 am - GAIL, Texas - The Muleshoe Ranch's profits were chopped in half when the drought withered pastures, dried up stock tanks and forced the owner to move most of his cattle...