Small Business
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Sales tax exemption for manufacturers on governors deskJul 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Manufacturers and other companies statewide Friday were being urged to delay buying any new equipment until a state sales tax exemption is extended. Senate Bill 1691, wh...
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Hoffman laundromat open for business after fireJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - A fire earlier this month at a Hoffman Estates laundromat may have briefly disrupted business, but the owners of Leisure Time Laundromat want the public to know they're ...
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Readers advise startup wannabeJul 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Charles Evans, the newly unemployed engineer who has been thinking about starting his own business, received lots of truly good advice from readers of both this column a...
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Doggone it: Pet food store won't be opening in AlgonquinJul 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Many of you have been e-mailing, wondering when the new Kriser's pet store is opening along Randall Road in Algonquin. The sign has been up for months. And many of you h...
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Foreclosure focus a new trend for real estate brokersJul 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Christian Chase of Naperville wanted to be a stock broker. Instead, he's using his "buy low, sell high" training as a Realtor selling foreclosed residential properties. ...
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MailboxMan has solution for anchoring roadside boxesJul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - When Scotty Joe Stastny lost his job as a national account executive for a food company, he took some handyman-type jobs that sparked a new business plan. While Stastny...
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More Web sites to offer comparison shopping for trips, tickets and moreJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Move over, Priceline negotiator. TripFit.com, which launched this week, lets consumers take control of several travel Web sites at one time to search for the best p...
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Home-based business means making some adjustments
Jul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- First, they had to deal with being laid off. Then the challenge became figuring out how to run a business from a spare bedroom while the kids are fighting a...
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Illinois manufacturing down, but not outJul 21, 2009 11:00 pm - While manufacturing executives nationwide are optimistic that the U.S. economy will improve, they have a dimmer view of their own sector, said a survey released Tuesday....
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Splash Dogs Inc. in Des Plaines helps dogs healJul 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Jill Morgenthaler was torn over whether Bert, her 10-year-old Labrador mix, should undergo surgery to repair an injured knee and hip. The Des Plaines woman, not thrille...