Small Business
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South Elgin pancake house offers array of optionsJan 20, 2014 4:00 am - An interview with Dan Mataragas, owner of Sweet Berry Cafe in South Elgin. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: Sweet Berry Cafe offers an array of freshly mad...
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Entrepreneurial stress: ‘We do too much out of fear’Jan 20, 2014 4:00 am - Payroll to meet. Bills to pay. Checks to (hopefully) arrive. Sales calls to make. Emails to send. There’s stress to being an entrepreneur. It’s how we handle that stress...
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Credit union CEO to help Hispanics, younger peopleJan 20, 2014 4:00 am - Jose Garcia, president and CEO of Northwest Community Credit Union, has spent most of his career in finance and found his niche in credit unions, living by its philosoph...
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Business of the year happy to be in Mt. ProspectJan 20, 2014 4:00 am - Thank you to the members of the Mount Prospect Chamber of Commerce for voting Vista Linda Eye Care as Business of the Year. When I established my practice in late 2011 i...
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Small business agenda stretches past minimum wageJan 19, 2014 5:35 am - NEW YORK — Minimum wage may be getting most of the headlines, but other issues that affect small businesses will be debated when state legislatures convene around the co...
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Gas station owner plans improvements at Lake Zurich gatewayJan 18, 2014 7:00 am - Lake Zurich officials are considering a proposal for what would be a more eye-pleasing gasoline station at the village’s southern entry. Representatives for Marathon own...
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Naperville library developing business incubation centerJan 16, 2014 11:23 am - Naperville library officials are developing plans to provide space, technology and mentors for budding entrepreneurs through an initiative called BiblioTek Centers for I...
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Arlington Hts. couple make others’ junk their businessJan 15, 2014 1:30 pm - Three years ago Janet and Bill McCarthy set up a yard sale at their Arlington Heights home to try and make enough extra money to go on a vacation. The two had been going...
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No fee, but businesses still have to get license in ElginJan 15, 2014 10:00 am - Businesses in Elgin are no longer required to pay a fee to obtain a business license, an anticipated victory for those who've been fighting for that since 2011. The city...
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Elgin Tower Building tenants moving out after water leakJan 15, 2014 4:30 am - The iconic Elgin Tower Building — whose sale to a Wisconsin-based company is still pending — is down to six tenants, after a water leak last Friday prompted two tenants ...