Small Business
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Couples find ways to build profits and happy homesFeb 17, 2013 6:23 am - NEW YORK — As Lauren Smith and Matt Hendrickson drive home together, all conversation about work must stop a few blocks from their house. The couple came up with the id...
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Obama bypasses Congress with economic pitchFeb 16, 2013 5:09 pm - WASHINGTON — Weeks before President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, White House aides were locking down a plan for the sales pitch that would follow during th...
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New Yorkers react to mayor’s push to ban plastic foamFeb 15, 2013 3:21 pm - NEW YORK — Barely 24 hours after Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed an all-out ban on plastic foam food containers in the city and already New Yorkers are asking: So what ...
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Rescued puppies groomed for new suburban homesFeb 15, 2013 6:44 am - Rescued puppies groomed for suburban homes
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Naperville police chief: Downtown liquor enforcement is workingFeb 14, 2013 4:00 pm - Naperville police Chief Robert Marshall is just five months into his revamped downtown enforcement plan and he and city leaders already are calling it a success. The re...
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Elk Grove Village business park getting new tenantsFeb 13, 2013 2:00 pm - Two new businesses are coming to Elk Grove Village this spring, signaling a good start to the new year, Mayor Craig Johnson said Wednesday. Creative Werks LLC, a candy p...
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Dundee bakery still sending cookies to the troopsFeb 13, 2013 1:26 pm - The spirit still exists, but public enthusiasm is waning for “Operation Sweettooth.” In December, with Christmas being the traditional busiest time for orders for cookie...
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Palatine restaurant likely to stay open despite drug saleFeb 13, 2013 1:00 pm - Although Palatine police say the owner's son dealt cocaine on restaurant premises, a deal announced Wednesday likely will allow La Presa to stay open because of its othe...
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Aurora to implement free parking, remove meters downtownFeb 12, 2013 6:47 pm - Parking in downtown Aurora will be meter-free later this year under a new parking plan the city council approved Tuesday night. The plan does away with the meters that h...
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East Dundee businesses each fined $1,000Feb 12, 2013 3:43 pm - Owners of four East Dundee businesses have pleaded guilty to serving alcohol to minors, the largest group to have done so in recent memory, Police Chief Terry Mee said T...