Small Business
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Palatine leaders seeing signs of business recoveryFeb 10, 2015 12:00 am - Palatine business and village leaders say there are signs of recovery among businesses in Palatine, despite several large sites that remain unused. Among the larger site...
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Schaumburg business leaders learn how laughter boosts the bottom lineFeb 10, 2015 12:00 am - Schaumburg business leaders got a lesson in levity on Tuesday morning from Joe Keefe, founder of Second City Communications. Keefe, who was recently hired as the new exe...
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Path from owner to franchisor has many stepsFeb 09, 2015 12:00 am - Hungry diners come from miles around for your pizza. Customers say your massage techniques are really effective. That inventory control plan you developed works; industr...
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West Dundee art therapist enjoys all art forms, even belly dancingFeb 09, 2015 12:00 am - Tricia Saviano Hammer of East Dundee is an art therapist and licensed counselor working on a Ph.D., who owns and operates Artisticology at 111 W. Main St. in West Dundee...
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Investors' appetite for startups fed by stock market gainsFeb 08, 2015 6:31 am - NEW YORK - Some Entrepreneurs looking for startup funding got a wad of money near the end of last year, but there are concerns the boom may not last. Startup iFunding i...
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Des Plaines Chamber honors local businessesFeb 08, 2015 12:00 am - The Des Plaines Chamber of Commerce & Industry has presented Community Enhancement awards for the past 49 years. The award recognizes businesses who have gone beyond the...
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50 Chicago area Radio Shack stores closingFeb 07, 2015 12:00 am - About 50 Radio Shack stores in the Chicago area began going out of business sales Friday after the company's bankruptcy filing. "I came here to get a battery for my tele...
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'Slow Flowers' movement pushes local effortsFeb 07, 2015 12:00 am - BRUNING, Neb. - Come February, the owners of Farmstead Flowers begin nurturing seedlings and preparing three acres for their cash crop reaped from April through October ...
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Pet Supplies Plus opens in Glen EllynFeb 06, 2015 12:00 am - Glen Ellyn animal lovers have a new shop in town to help meet their pets' needs. Pet Supplies Plus will hold a soft opening on Saturday at its new location at 299 Roose...
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Café N Play closing in NapervilleFeb 06, 2015 12:00 am - A Naperville kids' play area with a coffee shop to please the parents is closing at the end of next month. Café N Play at 1767 W. Ogden Ave., suite 155, will close a...