Small Business
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Schaumburg fills biggest empty industrial buildingAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Schaumburg's largest vacant industrial building has found a new tenant. Bartlett-based JIT Packaging has signed a five-year lease for the 304,800-square-foot building at...
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Weight Watchers members to share secrets of their successAug 17, 2010 11:00 pm - With summer ending, some of the most tempting times to eat badly are fast approaching. There's Halloween with its enticing individually wrapped candies, Thanksgiving wit...
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Marketplace twist: More business buyers than sellersAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - You'd think there would be no shortage of small- and mid-market businesses for sale. Apparently, you would be wrong. "There are not enough good businesses for sale," say...
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IRS bill paid, Jimmy's Place will stay in businessAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Jimmy's Place in Arlington Heights has been serving up hot dogs, beer and other bar fare for 51 years - a streak that might have ended if the owner hadn't come up with $...
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New product is literally Round Lake man's dream come trueAug 11, 2010 11:00 pm - The idea for a Round Lake man's invention was sparked by a vivid dream he had several years ago. Aaron Hechtman dreamed he went to Walgreens and purchased a product to m...
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New restaurant in Batavia will serve up breakfast, lunch itemsAug 10, 2010 11:00 pm - Opening soon along Randall Road in Batavia is a new restaurant from the same restaurant group that brought you the classic favorite of many Chicago-area residents - Port...
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When your electronics need fixingAug 09, 2010 11:00 pm - A new Naperville business is for people who jump into the pool with their cell phone in their pocket or drop an iPod into the sink - or experience a host of other comput...
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Little-known support group offers connections, adviceAug 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Neither the name - Center for Business Education, Innovation and Development - nor the acronym - CBEID - rolls easily off the tongue. And other than the approximately 20...
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New line of kids' furniture debuts at Algonquin CommonsAug 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Barbara Williams and her brother John Lima were both ready to find a new line of work. When they saw the line of children's furniture their friend was making, they knew ...
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Advisory boards can help solve problemsJul 28, 2010 11:00 pm - If you're willing to accept pushback from your own hand-picked advisers, you may be ready for an advisory board. Especially in today's uncertain economy, an advisory boa...