Small Business
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Sounds Abound brings wedding quests to their feetNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - From aluminum siding salesman to professional disc jockey, Ken Overbey has turned a part-time job and hobby into a $1 million-a-year business. In 1995 he walked away fro...
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Wrong turn reveals right location for Insty-PrintsNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - When Brian Walsh and his father Pat took a wrong exit off the highway, they turned around at a defunct gas station. Later they seized on the land as a low-cost location ...
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A.C. Hair Design expands to larger Libertyville shopNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - In celebrating her 12th year in business, Ana Campos recently moved to a larger salon in Libertyville. When Campos started A.C. Hair Design in 1995, she had one stylist ...
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Offshore sourcing can help small businesses competeNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - OSI, Inc., is basing hopes for its Scruffer, a new barbecue grill cleaning device it hopes to sell to the big box stores, on a manufacturer in southern China. The cost,...
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Stores bracing for a red ChristmasNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - When shoppers make their list and check it twice, they'll most likely cross a few items off. Splurges will be scarce this holiday season as shoppers and retailers take a...
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Movers & Shakers - Cook CountyNov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois Landscape Contractors Association elected Arlington Heights resident Matt Synnestvedt of Synnestvedt & Associates, Northbrook, president of its board of dir...
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Movers & Shakers - DuPage CountyNov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - The Illinois Landscape Contractors Association elected Arlington Heights resident Matt Synnestvedt of Synnestvedt & Associates, Northbrook, president of its board of dir...
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Surplus merchandise firm expands with Designer Shoe OutletNov 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Having two daughters, Adam Fishman learned that women are passionate about shoes. Fishman, who has been in the liquidation business for 15 years, is taking a big step in...
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Sandwich search endsOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - The owners of a new delicatessen in Algonquin launched a business based on their inability to find a good hot corned beef or pastrami sandwich. Tom Licata and Joseph San...
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Butcher finds shop onlineOct 29, 2007 11:00 pm - After running the meat department of a grocery store in Tennessee for 10 years, Kevin Luman decided it was time for a change. Luman wanted to own his own place. While se...