Des Plaines Business
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Buffalo Grove Chamber installs 2011 leadersJan 16, 2011 12:00 am - Attorney Marc Blumenthal was installed Tuesday as the 2011 president of the Buffalo Grove Chamber of Commerce, and he’ll lead a new board of directors as well. The new o...
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What goes up, won't go down this yearJan 14, 2011 10:00 pm - Just keep that wallet handy. Whipsawed consumers — facing a 66 percent Illinois income tax increase just as the nation climbs out of recession — now need to brace for pr...
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Help Mt. Prospect business win Pepsi Refresh grantJan 13, 2011 10:00 pm - The Get Home Smart Card located in Mount Prospect has been picked as a finalist in the Pepsi Refresh Project. The Get Home Smart Card is a re-loadable prepaid taxi card...
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Drop in foreclosures here just temporary, firm saysJan 12, 2011 11:00 pm - The pullback of lenders due to government investigations into their documentation and procedures on foreclosures temporarily lowered the foreclosure rates in Illinois an...
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Bar Louie opens in Mt. Prospect; hotel comingJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Renovated Holiday Inn coming next on Rand Road
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Hefner searching for TV, Web partners to revive PlayboyJan 11, 2011 10:00 pm - Hugh Hefner, the Playboy Enterprises Inc. founder who is taking the company private, is looking for new business partners to help him develop and rebuild his slumping te...
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Samuels to step down as Maker's Mark presidentJan 11, 2011 10:00 pm - LOUISVILLE, Ky. — For 35 years, Bill Samuels Jr. oversaw Maker's Mark bourbon as it matured from a regional novelty started by his parents to an international brand rec...
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Business leaders bash extra corporate tax burdensJan 11, 2011 10:00 pm - Martin Matushek, a co-owner of West Dundee-based M2 Polymer Technologies Inc., sees the writing on the wall for businesses. Growth? More jobs? Here in Illinois? Forget i...
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Lawmakers: Boeing Army system costly, unreliableJan 11, 2011 10:00 pm - Boeing Co.'s new computer system for battlefield communications within the U.S. Army's combat brigades has demonstrated “high cost, poor reliability and performance,” ac...
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General Growth seeks to deny lenders' interest claimJan 10, 2011 10:00 pm - General Growth Properties Inc., the mall owner that reorganized in bankruptcy, sought a court order denying a claim from lenders led by Eurohypo AG for $85.6 million in ...