Elburn Business
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Sears loss may be blunted by opening of ice arena at Charlestowne MallJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - Barring an eleventh-hour change of heart, 94 employees at the Sears store at Charlestowne Mall in St. Charles will lose their jobs in two months. But the mall management...
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Local bookstores create success others can copyJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - They don't wear blinders but neither are the owners of three independent suburban bookstores profiled here overly worried about competition — from either the big box boo...
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Sears closing Charlestowne Mall storeJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - Sears will close its Charlestowne Mall store sometime on or before April 3, company officials said Tuesday. A woman in the management office at Charlestowne could not co...
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Gen X outspends younger buyers onlineDec 31, 2010 10:00 pm - In the last week, 65-year-old Joe Cesario of Arlington Heights downloaded the movie “Wall Street” onto his home computer. He's also downloaded thousands of songs onto hi...
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Home Smart furniture in Aurora going out of businessDec 30, 2010 10:00 pm - Home Smart Furniture in Aurora is going out of business. "The decision to close the store has been a difficult one. We have enjoyed being part of the neighborhood in Aur...
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Otto, D300 work together to give students a head startDec 30, 2010 10:00 pm - Otto Engineering, the largest employer in Carpentersville, is teaming up with Community Unit Community Unit District 300 to give a couple of graduating seniors a head st...
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Elgin says goodbye to Patricia KeeneyDec 30, 2010 10:00 pm - Patricia Keeney was a woman of contradictions. Friends said she was brash, pushy and “had no filter,” when it came to giving her opinions and to fighting for a better do...
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Clothing recyclers hoping to target ElginDec 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Adrian Chavira and Fernando Vargas learned something new Wednesday, and they weren't even in school. The lesson: Clothing can be recycled. The location: The West Chicago...
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Customers say goodbye to Elgin institution, Keeney'sDec 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday, Charlene Sligting-Doud made what is likely one of the last purchases at Keeney's Sporting Goods, which closed up shop — for now — after ...
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Beloved Elgin businesswoman Keeney leaves legion of friendsDec 27, 2010 10:00 pm - People who best knew Patricia Keeney, whose family-owned store has been in Elgin for more than a century, say she didn't mind giving her opinion. She gave it to you stra...