Small Business
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Barrington Chamber offers business training seminarsDec 31, 2013 11:34 am - The Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce will host four lunchtime business training seminars in January aimed to help business owners improve and succeed. The sessions ar...
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Organico Vitamins growing strong in NapervilleDec 30, 2013 4:30 am - An interview with Ahmad Khan, owner of Organico Vitamins in Naperville. Q: Describe your business. A: Organico Vitamins is a result of my vision to have a central place ...
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Haven’t started your 2014 planning? That’s OK: Start nowDec 30, 2013 4:30 am - The B-school types will say you should have your 2014 plan wrapped up by now. And while the textbooks, professors and many consultants will agree, the fact is that most ...
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Love for kids leads to long-time profession helping themDec 30, 2013 4:30 am - Naomi Samuels’ love of children and work experience with young people has led her to become the new director of the Northwest Family Center in Buffalo Grove, part of the...
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Long Grove businessman eats pizza daily — about 2,400 days and countingDec 29, 2013 7:00 am - As a young man eager to make money for college, Jim Stoecker worked at a local restaurant and bar, where he manned the door, did some bartending and made pizzas. Thirty-...
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Denver distributes recreational pot sales licensesDec 27, 2013 4:54 pm - DENVER — The first batch of Denver businesses approved to sell recreational marijuana got their licenses Friday, the owners mugging for pictures and saying they never th...
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Starbucks, Subway moving to new Mt. Prospect locationDec 26, 2013 2:13 pm - Caribou Coffee, formerly at the corner of Northwest Highway and Emerson Street in Mount Prospect, is gone and much lamented by many. However, by the end of January, a fa...
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Ex-pro wrestler to open sports bar in ElginDec 26, 2013 1:47 pm - The former Streets of Chicago in Elgin is set to reopen as D Hangout Bar and Grill next week, but plans for a piano bar in the lower level are still up in the air. The e...
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Santa joins Prospect Hts. police, fire on special deliveriesDec 24, 2013 4:30 am - Santa Claus took a break Monday from last-minute preparations at the North Pole to make special deliveries of toys and clothing to children in Prospect Heights. But Sant...
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Brostens change junk yard image to recycling centersDec 23, 2013 4:28 am - Totaled or abandoned vehicles sitting in any junk yard have been frowned upon for decades by nearby businesses, homeowners and sometimes local governments. It was usuall...