Elgin Business
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Palatine exploring another Rand Road TIF districtOct 21, 2011 5:30 am - A stretch of Rand Road in Palatine dotted with a hodgepodge of used car lots, auto repair shops and vacant parcels is being eyed for redevelopment. The Palatine council ...
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Court ruling could mean hotel tax windfall for RosemontOct 21, 2011 5:30 am - Rosemont could get a windfall of back taxes — potentially between $3 million and $6 million — from discounted travel websites such as Priceline, Travelocity, Expedia, Ho...
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Despite its financial problems, states still want SearsOct 20, 2011 5:45 am - Sears Holdings Corp. has lost about $314 million during the first half of this year, has been criticized by Wall Street and constantly reinvents itself to lure back rece...
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Illinois workNet offers jobseekers an enhanced websiteOct 20, 2011 12:00 am - In about 10 days, the relaunched website of Illinois workNet Northern Cook County has garnered 384 jobseekers and 135 employers around the suburban region. The site, at ...
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Too shy to ‘network?’ Maybe notOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - Virtually everyone agrees networking for jobs is the most successful approach you can take to opening doors. But what if you think you are no good at networking? Jody Er...
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Pita Kabobs: Mediterranean food in Lake in the HillsOct 18, 2011 12:00 am - Brothers Faz and Faisal Rahman started throwing around the idea of opening their own restaurant a few years ago. They saw there were many kinds of restaurants along the ...
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East Dundee banquet hall gets liquor licenseOct 17, 2011 11:00 pm - Business surely will pick up at a proposed new banquet facility in East Dundee, now that the venture has a liquor license. Jim and Dan Nagle of Pima Illinois LLC will bu...
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Lowe's closes stores in Aurora and OswegoOct 17, 2011 12:00 am - Lowe's home improvement superstores in Aurora and Oswego were among 10 nationwide that shut down for good at the end of business Sunday. Lowe's Companies, Inc., announce...
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Northwest suburban chambers host business expo TuesdayOct 17, 2011 12:00 am - The Buffalo Grove, Des Plaines, Mount Prospect, Niles, Skokie and Wheeling/Prospect Heights chambers of commerce are hosting a Biz-to-Biz Expo and Taste from 3 to 6 p.m....
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Galvin's philanthropy left its mark on the suburbsOct 17, 2011 12:00 am - The story of how former Motorola Chairman and CEO Robert Galvin transformed the company into a technology giant is well documented. Lesser known are his philanthropic ef...