Small Business
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Buffalo Grove meeting on funds for businessJun 03, 2012 6:39 pm - An event to help current and new local businesses owners access the capital they need for success will take place from 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, at the Buffalo Grov...
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10 tips for small business start-upsJun 03, 2012 7:45 am - Think you’re the next Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg? If so, this list may not be for you. The world’s meteoric startups — the rare few that topple industries and remake ...
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South Elgin businessman had uncommon, quiet generosityJun 01, 2012 4:20 pm - Lane Buck Hoffman’s lifelong mantra was “Life is good.” But the South Elgin resident spent a lot of time making sure life was good for people in the Fox Valley and at Va...
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Small biz lending shrinks as owners grow cautiousJun 01, 2012 5:51 am - NEW YORK — A study released Friday by PayNet, a research firm that tracks loans to small business, shows that lending fell 2 percent in April after a 3 percent drop in M...
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Swim school part of new Northwest Highway shopping centerMay 31, 2012 12:00 pm - An indoor swimming pool designed for lessons now stands on the site where Mark Motors once sold Mercedes-Benz cars. The Chicago Swim School and Culver's restaurant opene...
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Arlington Hts. senior transit service wins awardMay 30, 2012 11:00 pm - Volunteer-driven nonprofit helps seniors stay independent
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Obama's health care aid to small firms disappointsMay 30, 2012 9:00 am - WASHINGTON — It seemed like a good idea at the time. But a health insurance tax credit for small businesses, part of President Barack Obama's health care law that gets s...
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Harper, Rep. Crespo to offer jobseeker assistanceMay 29, 2012 3:33 pm - Beginning June 14, state Rep. Fred Crespo and the Harper College Career Stimulus Program will team up every Thursday to help jobseekers with their search and their resum...
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Mt. Prospect encourages residents to open shopsMay 29, 2012 5:30 am - While working for more than a decade in restaurants and bars all over the Chicago area, Mount Prospect resident Esteban Aguado dreamed of one day opening a place of his ...
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Batavia’s Kraft Plumbing celebrates 50 yearsMay 28, 2012 7:24 am - An interview with Bob Kraft, co-owner of K.W. Kraft & Sons Plumbing Contrators in Batavia. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: We are a plumbing contracting f...