Small Business
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Retailers report modest September gainsOct 10, 2013 4:31 pm - NEW YORK — Several retailers reported modest sales gains for September as shoppers who were worried about a partial government shutdown and the overall economy pulled ba...
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Mount Prospect store nearly stabilizedOct 10, 2013 4:00 pm - Engineers have been working to stabilize Tri State Electronics, the Mount Prospect building that has been in danger of collapsing — and hope to have the area declared sa...
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Corn harvest coming in above expectationsOct 10, 2013 2:41 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa — Harvest is in full swing across the country, and farmers in many states are surprised at the abundance of corn they’re getting from their fields. Dair...
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Barrington delays video game voteOct 10, 2013 12:35 pm - Barrington’s village board will not vote at its meeting Monday, Oct. 13 on a proposal allowing video gambling machines at businesses with liquor licenses in the village....
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The Christian Shop in Palatine to celebrate 25th anniversaryOct 10, 2013 12:18 pm - Twenty-six years ago, Susan Rheaume decided to figure out what to do with the rest of her life. Rheaume, then a regional manager for a fine jewelry company, said she fel...
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Elgin to re-examine business license feesOct 09, 2013 4:00 pm - Elgin will continue to charge business license fees for the time being, but the city council will examine 2014 budget proposals that don't include those revenues. Only ...
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Barrington scares up a good time on SaturdayOct 09, 2013 12:04 pm - Barrington’s 13th annual Scarecrow Festival will be from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 in Memorial Park on South Hough Street. More than 500 people are expected to at...
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Des Plaines eases business licensing rulesOct 09, 2013 5:15 am - It should be easier to open a business in Des Plaines — so say city officials — now that the city council has approved updates to business regulations that had been larg...
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Chamber offers health care session for business ownersOct 08, 2013 10:38 am - The Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce will host, “Health Insurance Changes, What an Employer Needs to Know,” 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16 at the chamber office, 31...
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Schaumburg bank’s small-business loans slowed by shutdownOct 07, 2013 2:38 pm - Bruce Lammers saw the government shutdown coming, but he didn’t want to believe it would really happen. Now it’s only the triage business planning he developed that’s k...