Cook County Business
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Suburban tourism -- and tax revenues -- increaseJul 25, 2012 5:30 am - Local counties were among those gaining the most tourism dollars across the state during 2011, which is fueling a so-called road show with state officials touting those ...
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Seven face federal fraud charges in mortgage 'scheme'Jul 24, 2012 4:00 pm - Seven men, mainly from the suburbs, are facing federal fraud charges stemming from what prosecutors called a “scheme” to bilk mortgage lenders out of more than $8.5 mill...
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I-GO cars make another go at Northwest suburbsJul 24, 2012 2:00 pm - A popular car sharing program started in Chicago hopes a new approach will help it take root in the Northwest suburbs. After testing out I-GO cars in Des Plaines for a y...
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Rose Paving donates $5K to Cancer Support CenterJul 23, 2012 11:02 am - Bridgeview-baed Rose Paving Co. has donated $5,000 to the Cancer Support Center, a place of help, hope and healing in the Chicago southland. The donation will go toward ...
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Illinois tourism show at Schaumburg Boomers stadiumJul 20, 2012 2:24 pm - The Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau will host Illinois Office of Tourism Deputy Director Jan Kostner and her colleagues at the 2012 Illinois Road Show to b...
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Des Plaines mayor: Hartmarx can make Olympic uniformsJul 18, 2012 6:07 pm - Des Plaines Mayor Marty Moylan has a solution to the controversy over the U.S. Olympic Team’s Opening Ceremony uniforms being manufactured in China — have presidential s...
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Harper College manufacturing program leaders in D.C.Jul 17, 2012 12:56 pm - Several leaders behind Harper College’s new campaign to help replenish the pipeline of skilled manufacturing labor are headed to Washington, D.C., to discuss their effor...
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Business Ledger honored in Inland Press contestJul 16, 2012 7:02 pm - The Daily Herald Business Ledger was honored for a second year in a row by the Inland Press Association in its 2012 Newspaper Business Development Contest, which rec...
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Decision has Lake County mall opponents optimisticJul 13, 2012 5:30 am - The village presidents of North Barrington and Hawthorn Woods hope Wednesday's Regional Plan Commission recommendation against an 800,000-square-foot commercial developm...
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Vote now: Prospect Hts. park in line to win grant moneyJul 12, 2012 12:00 pm - Lions Park in Prospect Heights is inching up in the online contest to be named “America's Favorite Park” -- in 24 hours it has gone from 31st to 29th. That's impressive,...