Small Business
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Wheaton's Downsizing by Design geared to reduce stress of movingAug 05, 2013 5:00 am - An interview with Pat Cerny Keplinger, a nurse and owner of Downsizing by Design. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: Our mission at Downsizing by Design is ...
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Education innovation blooms in recession’s wakeAug 04, 2013 6:47 am - SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — On a warm spring evening, hundreds of investment bankers, venture capitalists and geeky tech entrepreneurs gathered near the pool of the Phoenician, ...
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Uncle Sam a tougher customer for small businessesAug 04, 2013 6:40 am - NEW YORK — Uncle Sam isn’t as easy a customer to land as he used to be. Even before $85 billion in federal budget cuts went into effect this spring, small business owne...
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New jobs disproportionately low-pay or part-timeAug 03, 2013 4:56 pm - WASHINGTON — The 162,000 jobs the economy added in July were a disappointment. The quality of the jobs was even worse. A disproportionate number of the added jobs were p...
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Naperville to conduct survey about downtown food cartsAug 02, 2013 9:12 am - Mobile food cart vendors have been selling hot dogs and pulled pork in downtown Naperville since at least 2010, but now city officials want to ask the public if they sho...
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Career Education expands use of new online platform for studentsAug 01, 2013 9:06 am - YouTube Adaptive learning technology customizes programs to the user, in this case, the student taking an online course. It tracks what the student is learning, what sti...
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Rosemont mall opening expected to draw big crowdJul 31, 2013 10:00 am - Throngs of shoppers are expected to line up early before the opening of Rosemont's upscale outlet mall Thursday. Fashion Outlets of Chicago, a two-story, 530,000-square-...
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Naperville holiday art to feature gingerbread menJul 30, 2013 3:27 am - Twenty-five larger-than-life gingerbread men will grace downtown Naperville for a full two months this Christmas season as the Downtown Naperville Alliance sponsors its ...
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Jazz, wine fest at Deer Park Town CenterJul 29, 2013 3:40 pm - Deer Park Town Center will present its second annual “Jazz Patio & Wine Festival” from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10. The festival features four of Chicago’s finest j...
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New Shoe Carnival opens on Randall Road in S. ElginJul 29, 2013 1:00 pm - A new Show Carnival store is open for business along the Randall Road corridor. The store opened July 27 at the Shops at South Elgin, 354 Randall Road. It is one of two ...