Small Business
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NHL dispute puts sales for small businesses on iceOct 27, 2012 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — In cities with professional hockey teams, it seems that the only thing on ice these days is sales — at least at the bars, restaurants and other small business...
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Latino grocery chain fights immigration woesOct 27, 2012 1:24 pm - FRESNO, Calif. — Two decades ago, Mi Pueblo Food Center began modestly as a small butcher shop run by an illegal immigrant. Now, the supermarket that caters to the Latin...
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Buffalo Grove Theater raising funds to avoid closureOct 27, 2012 8:00 am - Another local movie theater may well fall victim to what could be dubbed the digital disease unless a fundraiser just getting started provides the cure. The Buffalo Grov...
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Veterans families get makeovers in SchaumburgOct 26, 2012 2:53 pm - The Heart Of A Marine Foundation, headquartered in Elk Grove Village, is working with Mario Tricoci Schaumburg to give makeovers to family members of veterans staying in...
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Hanover Park at crossroads with rundown shopping centerOct 26, 2012 5:30 am - Hanover Park's effort to improve the curb appeal of one of its most visible commercial centers has come to a “crossroads,” village officials say. Nearly a year after the...
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Reflejos honors suburban businessesOct 25, 2012 11:59 am - Twenty-seven companies and organizations in finance, health and other areas were honored Wednesday during the first Reflecting Excellence Awards hosted by Reflejos Bilin...
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Mikes Bike Shop to distribute recycled bikesOct 23, 2012 10:37 am - Mikes Bike Shop has kicked off its 12th annual Bikes for Needy Kids program with help from the Palatine Township Assistance Office. Staff at the Palatine bike shop will...
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Halloween treats in store at Geneva and Algonquin CommonsOct 23, 2012 7:47 am - Free Halloween events are happening up and down the Randall Road corridor this weekend. The fun runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, at Algonquin Commons. You’ll...
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Once a student, now one of Harper’s distinguished gradsOct 22, 2012 2:17 pm - Jim Inman heads up Elite Athletic Development, an Arlington Heights-based training facility he describes as his “dream turned into reality.” Part of its success lies in ...
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Chicago-style deli opens in Vernon HillsOct 22, 2012 6:00 am - An interview with Ralph Menotti, co-owner of Halsted Street Deli / Yogen Fruz in Vernon Hills. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: Halsted Street Deli serves h...