Business Columns
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What’s on our minds? PlentyFeb 08, 2011 11:00 pm - Ask local business owners what’s on their minds and you’ll get some interesting feedback — from financing to ethanol, beef shortages to Australia’s typhoon, and — of cou...
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New Geneva restaurant serves up healthy optionsFeb 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Paul Chaudury knows what kind of a reputation health food can have. “Typically health food tastes like cardboard,” he said. So, when he opened his new restaurant, Fresh ...
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Auto show's economic models sport figures to rev recoveryFeb 07, 2011 12:00 am - An old wives' tale insists that you can predict the veracity of the approaching winter by counting the brown bands of fuzz on woolly bear caterpillars. An old columnist'...
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Grocery baskets may soon become high-techFeb 03, 2011 10:00 pm - Anyone who has done grocery shopping knows about those small plastic baskets near the doorway. Just lift up the handles and carry one through the aisles to hold a few qu...
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Social media help suburban company growFeb 01, 2011 11:00 pm - Wondering whether Facebook and other social media should be part of your marketing plan? Take a look at Just Credit Solutions, LLC, a Geneva company that provides educat...
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New children's consignment shop opens off Randall RoadJan 31, 2011 10:00 pm - Love it Again, a new children's consignment shop off Randall Road in Lake in the Hills, has been 13 years in the making. When Monique and Michael Mahon had their first c...
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Suburban tech firms optimistic as orders increaseJan 26, 2011 11:00 pm - Daniel Dunn, president of Oak Brook-based Aqueity Inc., said his company has been getting more clients and they’re spending money — even discretionary funds, which wasn’...
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Village hall an often-overlooked business resourceJan 25, 2011 10:00 pm - Your consulting firm is looking for space. Perhaps you're ready to open that bakery. Maybe your distribution center needs wider access streets with better lighting. ...
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New LEGO-themed business to open in LibertyvilleJan 25, 2011 12:00 am - Lidia Voelker's two young sons gave her the idea for her new business opening in Libertyville. Voelker is launching C&A Robot Factory at 326 Peterson Road. The business ...
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Batavia home to first Chicago-area SmashburgerJan 24, 2011 11:00 pm - The Randall Road corridor is now home to the first Chicago-area location of Smashburger. The Denver-based Smashburger restaurant has chains around the country, but didn'...