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Essential tips for small business successMay 03, 2025 1:20 pm - Whether you’re refining your operations, expanding your services, or simply aiming to stay competitive, building a strong foundation is key.
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Tips for handling your finances in a time of economic uncertainty
May 03, 2025 1:16 pm - Financial markets are volatile. Consumer confidence is at its lowest level in five years. Economists say recession risks are rising. If you're worried about how economic uncertainty might affect you, here are some expert recommendations:
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Customer satisfaction is critical to every businessMay 03, 2025 1:10 pm - “The sale” is important to every business. After all, it’s what keeps the doors open and the lights on. So it should only make sense that every business wants to do its absolute best to implement a process that keeps customers satisfied before, during, and especially after the sale is completed.
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For Small Business Week, Better Business Bureau reveals top scams targeting business ownersMay 03, 2025 1:07 pm - No business is immune to scams — but small businesses, in particular, can be easy targets. Staying informed is your best defense.
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SBA announces new grant funding to support American-made productsMay 03, 2025 1:06 pm - The U.S. Small Business Administration last week announced a new funding opportunity as part of its Made in America Manufacturing Initiative, the agency’s targeted effort...
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The Biz Week That Was: Team building up in the air, and a suburban downtown makes National Historic RegisterMay 03, 2025 1:00 pm - ‘This is totally different’: Itasca hotel offers rappelling experience Launched in partnership with Meet Chicago Northwest and Over The Edge, Altitude Zone allows pa...
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Hanover Township to conduct stroke risk assessment screenings in MayMay 02, 2025 2:53 pm - The Hanover Township Office of Community Health is offering Stroke Risk Assessment screenings for township residents during May in recognition of National Stroke Risk Awareness Month.
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New Korean restaurant coming to downtown Des PlainesMay 02, 2025 11:53 am - A Korean barbecue restaurant should open this spring in downtown Des Plaines’ Metropolitan Square.
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Wall Street loses ground, breaking a 9-day winning streak, and crude oil prices tumble
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Temu ditches Chinese imports model to avoid Trump’s tariffs
May 02, 2025 8:31 am - Temu is abandoning the model centered around cheap Chinese imports that catapulted it to success in the US, aiming to sell only goods from local merchants to American consumers for the foreseeable future.