Business Columns
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Smartphone app allows you to track your buy-1-get-1 dealsAug 04, 2011 12:00 am - Your smartphone soon may replace those small loyalty cards sitting in your wallet or purse that allow you to buy-5-get-1-free or similar deals for a product or service. ...
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'Aha!' moment, peer advisers help businesses succeedAug 01, 2011 12:00 am - Post Meridian and Bitter Jester Creative should be struggling. Both are small businesses living in a marketing world where dollars traditionally are the first to be cut ...
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Riverwoods businesswoman supports the arts, Russian cultureAug 01, 2011 12:00 am - Little did Aleksandra Efimova know that taking piano and ballet lessons as a child growing up in St. Petersburg, Russia, would lead to a home at Riverwoods, participatio...
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Arlington Park pushing for horseraces at night?Jul 29, 2011 12:00 am - That's right, night racing at Arlington Park. The place that has been under the spotlight since changing surfaces, replacing top management, alienating its top horse o...
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Motorola Solutions sees Schaumburg as growing hubJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Motorola Solutions Inc. CEO Greg Brown said Thursday he's forming a new global services organization, aiming to further grow the company and continuing to staff the 400-...
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Mt. Prospect chamber leader also a private detectiveJul 25, 2011 12:00 am - Dawn Fletcher Collins of Mount Prospect isn't your typical suburban mom. Oh sure, she's active in several community organizations and fundraisers and is the new executiv...
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New dance studio in GenevaJul 24, 2011 12:00 am - Jamie Vargo has seen plenty of dancers' clothes and tutus strewed about the floor because that's the reality of working in a dance studio. “I love kids, but I was tired ...
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Flexera gets new majority shareholder, plans to hire more workersJul 21, 2011 12:00 am - Flexera Software CEO Mark Bishof sees growth ahead and a larger workforce after a majority investor in his Schaumburg-based company this week sold off its shares to anot...
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New discount store to open in AlgonquinJul 19, 2011 12:00 am - The first Gordmans store along the Randall Road corridor will open this week in Algonquin. Gordmans will open in the old Wickes furniture store building, which fronts Ra...
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Huntley executive helps museum go under wrapsJul 18, 2011 12:00 am - About six months ago, some executives at Huntley-based Genesis Medical Imaging Inc., a provider of CT scanners and other medical equipment, received a call. It was about...