Carpentersville Business
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Suburban funeral homes see increase in cremationsAug 05, 2008 11:00 pm - After 50 years at Antioch's Strang Funeral Home, Dan Dugenske is seeing more customers comparison shopping the big send-off. Yes, times are tough, and like other industr...
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Economy eating away at people eating outJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - More independent and chain restaurants in the suburbs are likely to close, following the lead set when some Bennigan's eateries locked their doors this week. Higher lab...
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Restaurant owners respond to dieting food budgetsJul 30, 2008 11:00 pm - When it costs $100 to fill up the car on the way home, the idea of ordering pizza for the family may be panned, said Rick Rosati, who runs a growing pizza chain. "Anybod...
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Bennigan's declares bankruptcy, closes some storesJul 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Bennigan's, long a staple among chain restaurants in the suburbs, abruptly declared bankruptcy and shuttered many of its stores Tuesday. The closings affected the restau...
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Hawthorn Woods doctor offers products for young-looking skinJul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A Hawthorn Woods doctor recently launched his first product line designed to make skin look younger. Dr. Stephen Apple, a medical director at an International medical de...
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Fermilab job cuts avertedJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory avoided additional layoffs and unpaid furloughs for employees with the signing of a bill by President Bush that granted the fac...
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Credit Union plans free shredding eventJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - ELGIN - Corporate America Credit Union is hosting a Shred Day today to offer the community an opportunity to shred unwanted documents for free, and discover how to prote...
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A clever way to keep insulin safeJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Renee Tobias' concern for her mother's health and safety prompted her to create a product and a business she now runs in Wheeling. Tobias grew concerned several years ag...
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Olympic Committee leader asks for business community's supportJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - About 150 area business leaders attended the annual meeting of the Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau on Thursday to hear an update on Chicago's bid for the 2...
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Elginite's online shop offers custom invitesJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Dori Cappas of Elgin was a new stay-at-home mom, raising her son Jackson, about 4 1/2 years ago when she wanted to buy baptism invitations. She didn't find anything she ...