Cook County Business
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LA Fitness in Schaumburg to close August 1Jul 12, 2012 11:08 am - Barely half a year after changing from a Bally’s, the LA Fitness health club at 1020 N. Meacham Road in Schaumburg will close Aug. 1, members and employees learned this ...
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Bill helps minority, women-owned businessesJul 12, 2012 9:00 am - Minority and women-owned businesses are getting some help in Cook County. On Wednesday, Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law that will allow the county's forest preserve distric...
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Panel says no to Lake County commercial proposalJul 11, 2012 1:49 pm - An existing boundary agreement between North Barrington and Hawthorn Woods and a lack of specific tenants featured strongly Wednesday in deliberations preceding the Lake...
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New president aims to boost SBA's voice in governmentJul 10, 2012 2:00 pm - Though the economy has changed since the Schaumburg Business Association was created in 2001, the organization's new president believes its role remains the same. “You j...
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Legislation will open electrical aggregation to residents in unincorporated areasJul 10, 2012 11:55 am - If you live in an unincorporated area, you’ve been on the outside looking in as many communities cut deals for cheaper electricity. However, that will change with new le...
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Jobs workshop Monday at Schaumburg libaryJul 08, 2012 5:36 pm - A free jobs workshop will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 9, at the Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S. Roselle Road, Schaumburg. The event will include sessi...
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Manufacturing making slow resurgence in the suburbsJul 08, 2012 7:00 am - Acme Industries in the last six months alone hired 53 new employees to help churn out locomotive engine components, mining truck steering arms and other large, complex h...
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Hot or cold? Outdoor workers can do without either oneJul 05, 2012 10:00 am - When it comes to sweltering heat or blistering cold, is there a lesser of two evils? Not necessarily, say people who work outdoors — they both stink in their own specia...
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Restoration of ComEd power could take daysJul 02, 2012 6:51 pm - Though ComEd crews have been working steadily to restore power to the approximately 250,000 customers affected by Sunday’s storms, it could take a couple more days to co...
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Harper officially announces Advanced Manufacturing programJun 27, 2012 2:54 pm - As local manufacturers struggle to find skilled workers and jobs go unfilled, Harper College is preparing to launch an Advanced Manufacturing program designed to train w...