Carol Stream Business
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Ford demonstrates prototype 'talking' cars in LombardJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Take three fairly common technological advances — Wi-Fi, smartphones and GPS navigation systems — put elements of all three into a car, and bam — it's new technology aga...
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Windy storm beat, didn't kill, corn cropJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Monday's storm, with its 60-plus mph winds, didn't just fell trees and power lines. It also did a number on some cornfields, flattening stalks. But local sweet corn grow...
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Longtime Itasca restaurant changing handsJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Itasca residents must say goodbye to the signature green awnings and palatial, white building that houses Truffles Grove restaurant, which has been a staple in the villa...
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Weather-related outages wreaking havoc on small businessesJul 12, 2011 12:00 am - After seven years of owning Beans & Leaves Coffee & Tea Cafe in Long Grove, Karen Krahn has faced her toughest year so far: a blizzard, a tornado and now another major s...
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Grocery giveaway puts local farming in the spotlightJul 11, 2011 12:00 am - It’s the in thing nowadays to know more about where your food comes from (other than the supermarket). And there is much criticism of the way food is produced in the Uni...
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Wheaton cautiously optimistic about downtown revivalJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Despite some highly visible empty lots, the shell of what the city hoped would be another midrise condominium complex and a long-vacant building where a Jewel store once...
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Reflejos, El Conquistador merge operationsJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Bilingual newspapers Reflejos Bilingual Journal and El Conquistador jointly announced Friday they plan to consolidate sales and marketing operations, beginning next mont...
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Martin family sells the Libertyville Saddle ShopJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - A liquidation sale at the Libertyville Saddle Shop, a mainstay in equestrian circles for 50 years, began Thursday and the place was bursting with invited customers. Befo...
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Northbrook Bank buys First ChicagoJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - First Chicago Bank & Trust, which has branches in Itasca and Bloomingdale, was closed late Friday by government authorities and then purchased by Northbrook Bank & Trust...
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Temple-Inland staying in Carol StreamJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - A business that appeared to be leaving Carol Stream for good is staying put — and upgrading its operations. Temple-Inland Corporation, which closed its corrugated cardbo...