Aurora Business
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Naperville attorney accused of fraud by ex-partnersNov 30, 2012 4:30 am - He's one of Naperville's most prominent attorneys, and one of its most charitable givers. But now Bill Brestal has been accused of fraud. The 71-year-old zoning lawyer ...
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Naperville developer’s son rips into Water Street foesNov 28, 2012 1:34 pm - The son of a Naperville developer has chosen an unusual tactic to garner support for his father’s proposed Water Street project: insult those opposed to the plan in an e...
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Insurance Auto Auctions sends cease and desist letter to citizens groupNov 28, 2012 10:30 am - Insurance Auto Auctions, which hopes to open in East Dundee, has fired back at a Barrington Hills-based citizens group that mailed a flier to more than 2,400 East Du...
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Wiseman-Hughes suburban home builder James Hughes dies at 91Nov 27, 2012 12:13 pm - A man who spent a lifetime building thousands of homes throughout the West and South suburbs is being remembered for his devotion to providing quality products. James P....
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Arlington entrepreneur aims to helpNov 26, 2012 11:01 am - Cary Chessick, the former founder and CEO of Arlington Heights-based Restaurant.com, has continued his entrepreneurial spirit by co-creating a new online business — Arli...
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Glen Ellyn businessman gives charities a boostNov 26, 2012 10:00 am - Shaun Emerson and his friends were having breakfast one day when they started talking about social entrepreneurship — the increasingly popular 21st century practice of u...
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Aurora’s Sherman Jenkins to retireNov 26, 2012 7:09 am - After spending 23 years in economic development in Aurora, Sherman L. Jenkins is retiring at the end of the year. The executive director of the Aurora Economic Developme...
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Shoppers clear out suburban stores from the get-goNov 23, 2012 10:29 am - So you expected to saunter into J.C. Penney at 7 a.m. Friday and pick up that $8 crockpot? Think again. Despite 28 years experience working at Penney’s in Yorktown Cente...
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“Black Friday creep” another sign of changing timesNov 22, 2012 5:30 am - For most suburban families, Thanksgiving was never really like the Norman Rockwell painting where an apron-wearing mom served a turkey to her dressed-up family. The holi...
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Keeping families warm, inspiring gratitudeNov 21, 2012 11:30 am - Five families in the Tri-Cities area are thankful, come the chilly days of autumn, for Batavia businessman Tom Wangler. A sixth will be too, once his annual “Home Heatin...