Small Business
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Local 99ers hoping job searches pay off soonSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - One week after the stock market crash of 1929, a club for female pilots was founded and elected Amelia Earhart as the organization's first president. Passing over names ...
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Jimmy's Place in Arlington Hts. closed over taxesSep 13, 2011 12:00 am - Jimmy's Place, an icon in Arlington Heights for more than 50 years, is closed. A notice from the Illinois Department of Revenue attached to the restaurant at 640 W. Nor...
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Mt. Prospect waitress was local legendSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - Your recent article on the closing of a Mount Prospect restaurant landmark, Little America, struck us by what it reported almost as much as what it did not report. I did...
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Dold files payroll tax relief billSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - Tenth District Congressman Robert Dold has filed legislation that would provide payroll tax relief to businesses that hire long-term unemployed workers. The Kenilworth ...
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How to find angel investors, obtain fundingSep 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Angel investors, individuals willing to put money into young businesses and, sometimes, startups, can be hard to find. Even if you discover a group of angels who invest...
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Letter from Shanower's former bossSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - Almost everyone in Chicagoland has certainly heard of Navy Intelligence Cmdr. Dan Shanower. Undoubtedly, everyone admires his courage, devotion, dedication and contribut...
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Huge Japanese eatery, classic-car shop part of Hoffman Estates centerSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - Two new businesses, including what village officials say is the Midwest’s largest Japanese restaurant, will be celebrated next weekend for breathing new life into Hoffma...
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Des Plaines to revise facade rehabilitation programSep 08, 2011 11:00 pm - Des Plaines city officials are developing guidelines for the city's facade rehabilitation program years after it was started after much wrangling at this week's city cou...
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Cut taxes, Obama tells Congress in $450B jobs planSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Attacking a deepening jobs crisis, President Barack Obama challenged a reluctant Congress Thursday night to urgently pass a larger-than-expected $450 billio...
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Bensenville businessman showcased at Obama jobs talkSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - A week after Congressman Peter Roskam toured Chicago White Metal Casting in Bensenville, company President and CEO Eric Treiber got a mysterious email from the Wheaton R...