Batavia Business
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Midwest sees home sales boom but Chicago prices hit hardestNov 22, 2009 10:00 pm - KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Home sales in the Midwest surged in October as first-time home buyers sought to beat the initial deadline for a federal tax credit and difficult mark...
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Weak dollar helps Cat, McDonald's, hurts KomatsuNov 22, 2009 10:00 pm - For the first time since the equity rally began in March, the biggest U.S. stocks are beating the smallest as the dollar's descent sends investors to companies with the ...
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Less expensive toys emerging at top of children's wish listsNov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - PlayStation and Wii entertainment systems will still be placed under thousands of Christmas trees this season, but it's the less expensive toys that are coming out on to...
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Unemployment rate in Illinois climbs to 11 percentNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Alvin "Chip" Washington of Aurora was let go in October 2007, but he thought buying some single family homes, rehabbing and renting them would help bring in enough incom...
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Shoppers to spend less on gift cards this holiday seasonNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - While gift cards are again the most-requested present this holiday, be prepared to receive discounted ties or slippers instead. And if you do receive a gift card, don't ...
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Play N Trade offers try it before you buy itNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - You may have seen the life-size Mario standing on the corner of Randall Road and Fabyan Parkway. If you head a little further into strip mall at that intersection, you'l...
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More shoppers paying with cash over creditNov 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Plastic is out and green is in - when it comes to paying for holiday gifts this year. One in four shoppers plan to pay with cash this holiday season, according to a sur...
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Dreyer Medical breaks groundNov 10, 2009 10:00 pm - Dreyer Medical Clinic broke ground on a new Batavia site at 2500 W. Fabyan Pkwy. The one-story, 22,000-square-foot facility is 1.8 miles west of the clinic's current loc...
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New plans emerge for former Elgin eateryNov 09, 2009 10:00 pm - A seasoned entrepreneur is poised to breathe new life into downtown Elgin's shuttered Prairie Rock Brewing Co., which closed in February. Ed Mascari, a Crystal Lake man ...
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Suburban unemployment numbers continue to riseNov 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Unemployment in the suburbs has been escalating along with state and national figures. So it wasn't surprising to a Naperville career counselor that more people were com...