Port Barrington Business
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Shoppers clear out suburban stores from the get-goNov 23, 2012 10:29 am - So you expected to saunter into J.C. Penney at 7 a.m. Friday and pick up that $8 crockpot? Think again. Despite 28 years experience working at Penney’s in Yorktown Cente...
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“Black Friday creep” another sign of changing timesNov 22, 2012 5:30 am - For most suburban families, Thanksgiving was never really like the Norman Rockwell painting where an apron-wearing mom served a turkey to her dressed-up family. The holi...
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LITH company violated whistle-blower laws, OSHA saysNov 07, 2012 1:59 pm - A Lake in the Hills aircraft management company was found by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to have illegally terminated an...
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Fact-checking the ads in the 11th Congressional District raceOct 22, 2012 5:30 am - By now you’ve seen the competing attack ads involving trade with China that both Republican Judy Biggert and Democrat Bill Foster are running in the 11th Congressional D...
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Algonquin OKs rentals for Riverside PlazaOct 16, 2012 8:39 pm - The Algonquin village board approved a plan to turn the Riverside Plaza downtown condo project into rentals, with the goal of reverting back to condos in 2018. Under the...
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Suburban event planners see more businessOct 08, 2012 5:00 am - As the economy continues to improve, so does the suburban hospitality industry and that could mean some bargains for those coming to the area for business or leisure, ac...
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New McHenry Co. visitors bureau director eager to startSep 22, 2012 8:00 am - The new executive director of the McHenry County Convention & Visitors Bureau has quite a few ideas brewing, including a McHenry County smartphone app, a geocaching scav...
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Risk-taking suburban entrepreneurs honoredSep 20, 2012 10:00 pm - For 17 suburban business owners, the risk of jumping with a parachute into the realm of entrepreneurialship is better than the certainty of jumping without one. The bus...
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Innovative Harper College manufacturing program spreading statewideSep 20, 2012 10:49 am - The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded $12.9 million in federal funding to expand Harper College’s new Advanced Manufacturing program to schools across Illinois, U.S. ...
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Editorial: A close-to-home economic strategySep 19, 2012 8:59 am - At a meeting with the Daily Herald editorial board this week, Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin reflected on the usual topics — political dysfunction in Washington, the o...