Small Business
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Small business woes have big impact on economy
Jan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Times are tough for small business owners, those whom politicians tout as the backbone of America. As the recession marches on, it's those businesses -- whi...
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Deerfield man's new games assists people with low visionJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Charles Schwartz, a trainer who works with elderly people with low vision, created a game that helps teach them how to live independently. After researching the concept...
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Suburban company goes green in museum exhibitJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Owners of a Hoffman Estates company that designs hybrid alternative energy systems are featured in an exhibit honoring black environmentalists at the Museum of Science a...
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Emergence plan may signal better timesJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - My favorite college football team played, and won, its first bowl game in 26 years to end 2008, proof that bad stretches do end. Here is hopefully more pertinent proof: ...
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Job losses hit 2.4 million-more pain ahead
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Pitching Michelle ObamaJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Kathryn Kerrigan, a 28-year-old Libertyville shoe designer, is hoping her pumps make it to the White House. The entrepreneurial marketing teacher at Loyola University h...
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Movers & shakersDec 27, 2008 10:00 pm - After serving the Grayslake Chamber of Commerce and Industry in various capacities since 1994, Madeline Lipka, Community Trust Credit Union's chief executive officer, wa...
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Elgin service business builds success in ChinaDec 23, 2008 10:00 pm - The most important fact about Paulsen Productions Inc.'s successful first year in China may be that Paulsen is a service business, not a manufacturer. No worries about l...
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A tale of two businesses preparing for 2009Dec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Retail probably isn't the industry you'd choose to be in these days, but that's pretty much where Lisle-based Footprint Retail Services, lives. And although he acknowled...
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Consumers cut spending again as recession deepens