Small Business
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Longtime Arlington Hts. insurance executive diesMay 12, 2011 12:00 am - Six weeks to the day after Jim Seymour, a record-setting wide receiver and football All-American at the University of Notre Dame passed away, his business partner from A...
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Peer groups, advisory boards provide feedbackMay 11, 2011 12:00 am - It gets lonely at the top. “When you're the boss,” says Sybil Ege, “you have no one to ask, ‘What should I do?' You're out there by yourself. You need to bounce ideas of...
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Downtown Geneva icon to reopen with new lookMay 10, 2011 12:00 am - A downtown Geneva institution since 1929, Merra-Lee boutique will reopen Thursday after major renovations. The business will hold a grand reopening ribbon cutting at 5 p...
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Outdoor concert lineup on Randall RoadMay 10, 2011 12:00 am - Roamin' Randall It may seem as if summerlike weather will never get here, but the folks at Geneva Commons and Algonquin Commons along Randall Road are planning for its a...
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Whitley: Time is now to rebuild Illinois economyMay 10, 2011 12:00 am - With the economy on the mend, Illinois Chamber of Commerce President Douglas Whitley says now is the time for state legislators to dedicate themselves to reclaiming all ...
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Palatine-based ChocolateCakeClub.com high on Moms in Business listMay 09, 2011 2:00 am - Palatine-based ChocolateCakeClub.com has been ranked 17th out of 200 winners in Startup Nation.com’s 2011 Leading Moms in Business in America competition. The e-boutique...
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Eight in Elgin receive Mayor’s Awards for preserving historyMay 06, 2011 2:00 am - Dan Miller bought a used table saw in 1975 to do work on his own house because it was cheaper. Now he has a new home, more tools and a business called The Woodworks. Mi...
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Businesses begin to adapt to high gasoline pricesMay 04, 2011 12:00 am - What to do about high gas prices? Late last year, Tasty Catering replaced its four oldest delivery vans with four new Ford Transit Connect commercial vans. “We have 50 t...
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Workers’ compensation system “broken,” state chamber saysMay 04, 2011 12:00 am - Workers’ comp insurance is expensive, and cases can take years to complete
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Workers' compensation system 'broken,' state chamber saysMay 03, 2011 2:00 am - Camcraft, a Hanover Park manufacturing company with 300 employees, pays roughly $200,000 a year for its mandatory workers' compensation insurance, money company executiv...