Small Business
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Barrington’s Peter Daniel store closing after 28 years downtownApr 23, 2012 3:52 pm - After 39 years in the Northwest suburbs — the last 28 at the Ice House Mall in Barrington — the high-end clothing retailer Peter Daniel will be shutting down Saturday. C...
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We read more e-books, but indie bookstores prosperApr 23, 2012 6:00 am - Of course Kindles and Nooks have changed book retailing, but maybe not as much as doomsayers once predicted. According to Pew Internet, part of the Washington, D.C.-base...
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Wealth management firm creates custom plansApr 23, 2012 6:00 am - An interview with Michael Leonetti, owner of Buffalo Grove-based Leonetti & Associates LLC. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: We are a wealth management ...
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Work Advice: NIMBY at the OfficeApr 22, 2012 9:33 am - Q: I work in a building shared by a number of offices, with shared bathrooms located on each floor. I like, when nature calls, to take the stairs to a different floor to...
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Inflation poses big problems for small businessesApr 22, 2012 7:53 am - Don’t be misled by reports that inflation is tame. For small business owners, it’s a threat to profits and expansion plans. An 8 percent increase in the cost of eggs ove...
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Chin’s closing in Arlington Hts. after 54 yearsApr 20, 2012 1:00 am - Chinese restaurant opened in 1958 in Arlington Heights
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Wauconda hair salon growsApr 17, 2012 11:04 am - An interview with Dina Piazza, owner of The Wild Hair Salon & Barbershop in Wauconda. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: I do exactly what I love! The Wild Ha...
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Former CEO to help establish dairies in third-world countriesApr 17, 2012 10:51 am - After retiring as CEO of Carpentersville-based Milk Specialties Global earlier this year, Trevor Tomkins didn’t just play golf or move to Florida. He went to Rwanda, Nic...
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Lucky Jack’s in Bartlett closed due to licenseApr 16, 2012 2:58 pm - Lucky Jack’s in downtown Bartlett shut its doors on April 12 due to issues with its state liquor license, village officials confirmed this week. “This is just something ...
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Index of optimism shows a drop with higher costsApr 15, 2012 6:16 am - NEW YORK — Small business owners are more pessimistic about the economy. The National Federation of Independent Business said its index of small business optimism fell n...