Small Business
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Amil Alkass Named Partner at Lavelle Law, LtdFeb 18, 2014 10:00 pm - Lavelle Law, Ltd, the nineteen attorney firm based in Palatine, IL has announced that attorney Amil Alkass has been made a partner in the firm. Alkass manages the Family...
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Budget office: Wage hike would lift pay, could cost 500,000 jobsFeb 18, 2014 3:11 pm - WASHINGTON - Boosting the federal minimum wage as President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats are proposing would increase earnings for more than 16.5 million peo...
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Independent bookseller Becky Anderson ranks her favorite author visitsFeb 18, 2014 12:00 am - Anderson's Bookshop in downtown Naperville has hosted celebrity authors such as “Weird Al” Yankovic, Bethenny Frankel, Dennis Rodman, Cameron Diaz, Giada De Laurentiis, ...
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Palatine sign rejection leads to confrontationFeb 17, 2014 12:01 am - A shouting match erupted outside the council chambers after a plan to install a sign for a local flower shop was rejected by the Palatine village council Monday night. K...
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Meeting for small business owners Thursday in ElginFeb 17, 2014 12:01 am - Small business owners in Elgin will get the chance to sound off on the city's business climate at a meeting organized Thursday by two city council members. The goal is t...
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Lincolnshire entrepreneur tees off with new TeeOff.comFeb 17, 2014 12:01 am - Gary Cohen of Lincolnshire isn't much of a golfer. He just dabbles, he says. But that hasn't held him back from taking on the CEO position at EZLinks Golf in Chicago and...
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Massage Envy locations growing in suburban areaFeb 17, 2014 12:01 am - An interview with Fred Macciocchi, co-owner of Massage Envy Spa Geneva Commons. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: "We've owned the franchise for 7 years and...
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How to find business on LinkedIn: Target marketFeb 17, 2014 12:00 am - Here I am, scrolling through my LinkedIn connections, waiting for one of them to contact me and ask for help. Some of them I don't actually know. LinkedIn certainly p...
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How a runner's mentality can motivate small-business ownersFeb 16, 2014 6:00 am - I have decided that fitness and health need to be moved up on my list of priorities. It's better for my business and my life if I am in tiptop form. So I made the decisi...
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Former Harley store to become auto shopFeb 16, 2014 12:01 am - A portion of the massive commercial space that once housed a Harley Davidson dealership at 2200 Rand Road in Palatine will be converted into an auto repair shop. The Pal...