Small Business
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What to do when all the jobs are goneFeb 19, 2012 6:00 am - Q: Living where even the menial jobs have dried up, and last work reference asked to stop being used as a reference. What options are left? A: As I see it, you h...
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Downtown Lombard vacancy signs coming downFeb 19, 2012 5:00 am - Several entrepreneurs preparing to set up shop in downtown Lombard say the area should be livelier come mid-March or April. Six new businesses are preparing to open thi...
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What Obama's budget means for small businessesFeb 18, 2012 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — President Barack Obama's proposed federal budget is a disappointment to the National Federation of Independent Business. The advocacy group that represents sm...
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Why the big talk about small business is wrongFeb 18, 2012 5:58 am - NEW YORK — Mitt Romney says they’re “job creators” and vows to come to their aid as president. Newt Gingrich visited them on his “jobs and growth” bus tour. President Ba...
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Nicor gives energy grants to Northwest Community, Elgin manufacturerFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - Nicor Gas has awarded rebate checks to a pair of suburban businesses that have made serious efforts to protect the environment. Nicor presented Multifilm Packaging Corp...
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Schaumburg panel recommends banning donation boxesFeb 14, 2012 11:00 pm - Despite requests for a less extreme form of regulation from two for-profit companies Wednesday, Schaumburg's zoning board unanimously recommended a total ban on donation...
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Jiang’s Mongolian grill to open this spring in AlgonquinFeb 14, 2012 12:00 am - A new Mongolian barbecue restaurant is coming to the Randall Road corridor. Jiang’s Mongolian and Japanese Grill is expected to open along Randall Road in Algonquin in A...
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Format changes, but books are still good sales toolsFeb 13, 2012 5:00 am - E-books have changed the marketing dynamic entrepreneurs enjoyed when they handed their book to a prospect or followed up a meeting with a handwritten note that said, fo...
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Dunkin' Donuts franchise owner enjoys fast-paced environmentFeb 13, 2012 5:00 am - An interview with Anita Shah, franchise owner of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins. Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: I am the franchise owne...
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Arlington Heights company finds new home in East DundeeFeb 12, 2012 11:00 pm - It was built to showcase the latest Buicks back in the 1920s, but the now abandoned building in downtown East Dundee will have new life as a corporate headquarters for a...