Small Business
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Gaming company WMS to close Waukegan HQ; 247 workers affectedMay 08, 2015 1:00 am - WMS Gaming Inc., a maker of gaming and video-lottery machines, plans to close its Waukegan headquarters in June, affecting 247 workers. The company filed documents ...
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$195-a-night treehouse might prompt new rules in SchaumburgMay 07, 2015 1:00 am - Thanks to the unexpected ambition of one homeowner, all other Schaumburg residents may soon need village permission to build treehouses in their backyards, the same as i...
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Anderson's wins award for encouraging children to readMay 06, 2015 11:00 pm - Naperville-based Anderson's Bookshops has won its second Pannell Award for the creativity it has shown in fostering a love of reading among young patrons. Given by the W...
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Lake Zurich's Events with Style growing in event management arenaMay 05, 2015 1:00 am - When Hanan Hafez started coordinating office parties at the Lake Zurich bank where she had been working for more than two decades, she realized her savvy mind for busine...
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Elgin Development Group to hold seminar on exportingMay 05, 2015 1:00 am - ELGIN - The Elgin Development Group, a division of the Elgin Area Chamber, in conjunction with the Illinois Small Business Development Center, has planned a free seminar...
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Kaneland grad opens dog grooming/training shops in Batavia, GenevaMay 05, 2015 1:00 am - Eric Wilson hopes that when dog owners step into his business along the Randall Road corridor they feel at ease - as if they've stepped into a tropical paradise - and th...
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What will you do after you sell the business?May 04, 2015 5:00 am - Let's assume the planned sale of your business proceeds as planned; your financial adviser actually helps assure that the dollars you get from the sale will last as long...
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Palatine home-based music teacher, musician 'gives back' to veteransMay 04, 2015 5:00 am - Eric Kinkel, who has had a Palatine home-based business teaching guitar since 2003, said he has no military ties but wanted to provide something of value to a vetera...
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Naperville's Penick receiving Woman of the Year award from AAUWApr 30, 2015 5:30 am - Positively Naperville founder Stephanie Penick is spending the days before receiving a local club's Woman of the Year award researching dinosaurs, cockroaches and the ad...
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Naperville mom creates jobs for son with autism, maybe othersApr 30, 2015 5:30 am - Austin Love enjoys books, anime and movies. He's a 16-year-old at Naperville North who has autism, and Austin says he wouldn't change a thing about his condition, his wo...