Small Business
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Some advice for small businesses who may face fluOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - It could be we're so busy planning for the recovery, we just haven't gotten around to wondering what might happen if, say, a chunk of the staff went down with the flu. O...
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Longtime Elburn pharmacist Gliddon dies at 92Oct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - A man who helped many an Elburn resident through many an illness for the last half of the 20th century has died. Pharmacist Almer T. Gliddon, 92, of Sugar Grove, died Sa...
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Honquest Furniture in Barrington gets Commerce awardOct 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Honquest Furniture for Living, 1455 Barrington Road, has received the U.S. Commerce Association's 2009 Best of Barrington Award in the Furniture Stores category. Each ye...
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Naperville salon offering curbside service -- at least for productsOct 06, 2009 11:00 pm - We've all been there. A van full of kids, an afternoon full of errands. Sometimes the idea of making one more "quick stop" - and getting everyone unbuckled and across t...
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Court denies reorganization: Kirk Homes ordered to liquidateOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Kirk Homes CEO John Carroll's fight to keep the beleaguered builder's doors open ended Tuesday when a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge ordered it to liquidate. The Streamwood...
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Hanover Park business opensOct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - A new print shop has opened in Hanover Park. SWS Imprints, located at 7227 Olde Salem Circle in the Olde Salem Center shopping center, offers 350,000 different products ...
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Plan your marketing comeback before full recoverySep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm making two assumptions: 1) A recovery is reasonably close. 2) You'll have to step-up your marketing to get your business back on track. But before you gussy up a new...
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Vignette Home Decor helps with staging, rearrangingSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Just three years ago Vignette Home Decor was a fledgling home-based business working with new clients looking to decorate and plan their homes. Over the years the busine...
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Hampshire resident reflects on his half-century of driving a truckSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Back in 1959, when some of the roads around Hampshire were still gravel and Bob Kudlicki's sons were still babies, the young father climbed into his four-year-old Chevy ...
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Consignment store geared for the family opens in LibertyvilleSep 18, 2009 11:00 pm - The owners of a new consignment shop in Libertyville are having a tough time keeping North Face fleece jackets and Under Armor shirts on the racks. And home accessories ...