Small Business
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Naperville’s Sourcebooks acquires Simple TruthsAug 29, 2013 11:47 am - Naperville publisher Sourcebooks announced it has acquired Simple Truths, its largest purchase to date. This is the 15th acquisition Sourcebooks has made since it ws est...
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Sears gets infusion of new ideas for online, mobile useAug 29, 2013 10:31 am - Hoffman Estates-based Sears Holdings Corp. announced winners of its Startup + Developer Challenge, a so-called code-a-thon where the parent of Sears and Kmart stores aim...
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New parks, creative restaurateur make Algonquin a river destinationAug 29, 2013 9:00 am - With some smart financial planning and the hard work of a local restaurateur, Algonquin has made Fox River a hub for playing, eating and quiet solitude. One local leader...
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Glen Ellyn considers hotel licensing rulesAug 28, 2013 6:10 pm - Glen Ellyn may regulate its two hotels in the same manner that it does other businesses, by imposing a licensing fee to cover annual inspections. Village code currently ...
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Wheeling will reconsider entertainment center’s liquor licenseAug 27, 2013 2:50 pm - Wheeling village trustees initially seemed dead set against granting a liquor license to the Party Fantasy entertainment center, but by the end of the Monday night’s vil...
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Naperville native can start his medical pot businessAug 27, 2013 5:30 am - Some business strategies remain constant, no matter the generation. As vice president of sales and marketing for a new company called Quantum 9, Naperville native Chris ...
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Learning Express still going strong in GenevaAug 26, 2013 12:46 pm - With the closure of the Learning Express store along Randall Road in Algonquin this summer, some have been worried that the store’s counterpart in Geneva would close too...
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Paving, landscaping firm grows in suburbs, North ShoreAug 26, 2013 5:30 am - An interview with Javier Huerta & Jesus Maldonado, co-owners of J. Brick Paving & Landscaping Inc. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: We do complete landscape...
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Small business weakness: Not understanding the numbersAug 26, 2013 5:00 am - We likely should listen when Dave Gay talks about suburban small businesses: Less than two months into retirement from his 21-year role as head of the Illinois Small Bus...
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Culver’s manager, WWII vet friendship may lead to Honor FlightAug 26, 2013 5:00 am - Jesse Jarrett, general manager of the Culver’s restaurant in Zion, became friends with longtime customer and World War II veteran George Houchin of Waukegan. “George has...