Small Business
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Insurance company to move into long-empty Palatine fast-food siteMay 10, 2010 11:00 pm - More than 10 years after the Checkers fast-food restaurant stopped serving burgers, fries and shakes in Palatine, another business has stepped up with plans to open in t...
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'Project Mosaic' pieces together office space for Batavia businessesMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - A downtown Batavia office building recently lost a tenant, and so has space it needs to rent out. Proprietors of home-based and startup businesses have told the Batavia ...
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Luxury auto dealership opensMay 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Fidelity Motor Group, a new high-line auto dealership in Palatine, will host its grand opening on Saturday, May 15. Located at 2019 N. Rand Road, the dealership feature...
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Sample restaurant offerings at Commons CrawlMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Geneva Commons is hosting a new event each month that gives you a chance to get out of the house on Monday nights while also helping out local charities. The Randall Roa...
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Shake up the sales process to escape the recessionApr 28, 2010 11:00 pm - You may in fact need to "turn your head around" to lead your business out of the Great Recession. At least that's what Charlie Bishop, president of Chicago Change Partne...
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Street-legal scooters a great way to zip around townApr 27, 2010 11:00 pm - It's been just over a year since Bruce and Christy Erbeck opened Flat Squirrel Scooters along Randall Road in Lake in the Hills. In that time, they've helped introduce n...
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Knitting salon touts social atmosphereApr 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Connie Grundschok wove her career as a commercial interior designer into creating a yarn salon in Buffalo Grove. The Wheeling woman recently opened Knit Happens at 794 S...
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Palatine instrument repair business expandsApr 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Musician Bonnie Radecki Reidel recently expanded her home-based musical instrument repair business to a store in Palatine. Fix This Musical Instrument Repair Inc. opera...
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Businessman's mission: Helping orphans sleep at nightApr 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Scott Moriarty's business goal is to sell furniture that helps suburban children sleep comfortably at night. His personal mission is to help Cambodian orphans do the sam...
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Attitude bounce can help comeback from recessionApr 21, 2010 11:00 pm - The Great Recession isn't letting go: Too many customers, and prospects, still want to wait before they spend money. Credit remains tight on a good day. And the innate e...