Small Business
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Flea market coming to PalatineNov 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Wolff's Flea Market, which operates an open air market in the Allstate Arena parking lot in Rosemont on weekends, is opening an indoor location in Palatine. Beginning Sa...
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Study shows suburban Cook businesses take hit over sales taxNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - A new study shows that businesses in suburban Cook, especially along the county line, continue to suffer under the burden of the increased sales tax. The study, from DeP...
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Itasca firm's robotic baby seal no toy -- it's a cute form of therapyNov 05, 2009 10:00 pm - The baby harp seal can purr, squirm, bat its eye lashes and turn its head when it's called. At night, you can give it a pacifier when it goes to "sleep" to recharge. The...
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Valerie Fuson talks to Palatine businesswomenNov 04, 2009 10:00 pm - The Women in Business Advisory Forum of the Palatine Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesday, Nov. 10, from noon to 1:30p.m. at Emmett's Ale House, 110 N. Brockway St., in...
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Family man opens nutritional supplement storeNov 03, 2009 10:00 pm - For three years, Bill Abed sold nutritional supplements online. He was a store manager at Expo Design Center, but loved his side job selling the supplements online, and ...
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Lombard-based site sells, buys used phonesOct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Lost your cell phone and want one quick and for less money? Or just looking for a no-strings deal? Lombard-based Greencells (www.usedcellphoneshop.com) offers up to 75 p...
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Local art graces the walls at Galloway's SubsOct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - The Galloway family was trying to figure out the best way to decorate the walls of their new sandwich shop along Randall Road. On one wall they put shots of famous Chica...
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Julie Andrews signs books in SchaumburgOct 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Julie Andrews lit up Border's bookstore in Schaumburg Wednesday night, signing copies of her new book, "Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies," for thr...
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Mitsubishi top executives tour suburban dealershipsOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - The CEO and other top executives of Mitsubishi Motors North America Inc. toured some suburban Mitsubishi dealerships on Thursday, a day before a meeting with Midwest dea...
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Warrenville firm opens new facility in PennsylvaniaOct 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Coskata Inc., a Warrenville-based startup with General Motors support, is looking to Pennsylvania and other sites to build a future for different formulas for ethanol. T...