Small Business
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Experts: Lending should improve despite economic ‘headwinds’Jun 16, 2011 12:00 am - The past few years have been especially tough between businesses and banks, but signs are pointing to an improved climate for lending in the next year, a group of financ...
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It’s time to vote for your Sing! favoritesJun 15, 2011 12:00 am - Deer Park Town Center’s Sing! program is part of a national vocal talent competition designed to shine the spotlight on choirs, choruses, gospel singers, glee clubs, voc...
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Medical office may move into former restaurant space in Hoffman EstatesJun 14, 2011 12:00 am - While there’s no signs that Meijer will commit to anchor the mostly barren development off Barrington Road near I-90, Hoffman Estates officials opened the door so an ort...
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What will you do when employees become caregivers?Jun 13, 2011 12:00 am - Your top salesman’s widowed mother went down with a broken hip. The one staffer your most important client listens to just got a call that her father suffered a stroke t...
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Men deny they tried to rob Vernon Hills groceryJun 09, 2011 12:00 am - Four men charged with trying to rob the owners of a Vernon Hills grocery store at gunpoint pleaded not guilty Thursday in Lake County circuit court. Chicago residents El...
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CME move threat puts focus on unpopular tax hikeJun 08, 2011 11:00 pm - The suggestion by the owner of two major futures exchanges that it could relocate jobs because of Illinois' business tax casts another spotlight on the unpopular increas...
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Rolling Meadows CEO: Small steps, big savingsJun 08, 2011 12:00 am - Making energy-saving improvements to your business — both in the structure and in your employees’ habits — can net sizable overall costs savings, an energy expert told A...
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Entrepreneurial centers bloom in suburbsJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - From a simple way to determine your entrepreneurial DNA and connect with similar business owners to possible development of a Fox Valley Entrepreneurship Center next yea...
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Owner: Marketing the biggest challenge to new businessJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Q&A with Holly S. Monger, owner of HSM Insurance Consulting, Vernon Hills Q: Describe your business. What do you do? A: I am a health claims consultant. I organize,...
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How to lower your company’s air conditioning billJun 05, 2011 6:30 am - NEW YORK — The government is predicting that it won’t be as hot this summer as it was last year. But you’ll probably still have the air conditioner going full blast at y...