Hoffman Estates Business
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Could Elgin be high-tech hub?Jan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - An IT entrepreneur is hoping to make a high-tech hub out of historic downtown Elgin and perhaps garner national attention in the process. Lasse Ingebretsen is the managi...
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Look for a better deal, consumer group urges as AT&T hikes land line phone ratesJan 17, 2011 12:00 am - Elizabeth Krehmeyer of Mundelein had AT&T land line phone service, then switched to Comcast’s Triple Play for phone, Internet and cable TV service. As prices went up, sh...
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Report: Sears won't bid on J. CrewJan 16, 2011 10:00 pm - J. Crew Group Inc. didn't get any competing offers to top a $3 billion bid for the New York clothier from TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners LP, said two people fa...
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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...