Anna Marie Kukec
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Local retail season looking more upbeat this timeNov 25, 2010 10:00 pm - The Super Target in South Elgin opened at 4 a.m. earlier than usual for Black Friday and it paid off, as about 500 shoppers lined up for the doorbuster sales. “We are...
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Wise shoppers can find deals on smartphonesNov 24, 2010 10:00 pm - Wireless providers are getting just as aggressive as other retailers with hot buys, including some new technology for just one penny. So if you're hoping to avoid the pa...
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Small businesses on Main Street get a boost this SaturdayNov 24, 2010 10:00 pm - Katie Kuempel, owner of Angelina gift and accessories store in downtown Barrington, has been posting to her Facebook fans for weeks, excited about this particular Saturd...
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Black Friday: Here's our survival guideNov 23, 2010 10:00 pm - If you're a savvy shopper, you're likely prepping now for that sale of sales, that holy grail of doorbusters, that day of retail infamy: Black Friday. Yes, it's that tim...
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Advocates question Nicor's ComfortGuard valueNov 22, 2010 10:00 pm - The Citizens Utility Board and the Illinois attorney general's office warned suburban customers are likely paying too much for Nicor Inc.'s natural gas line protection s...
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Health-care reform starts to be felt during open enrollmentNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Despite changes resulting from health-care reform, medical insurance open enrollment went smoothly for Lizette McNellis, an assistant vice president at Zurich North Amer...
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Time to gear up for Cyber MondayNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Retailers in stores and on websites have been pushing holiday sales for weeks. Even Cyber Monday that first Monday after Black Friday where consumers shop for deals onl...
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Motorola's new Citrus for smartphone newcomersNov 10, 2010 10:00 pm - It's not yellow or orange, but a simple black. Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc.'s new eco-friendly Citrus debuts today and targets smartphone virgins. Motorola aims to us...
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Sun-Times Media cuts 11 weekliesNov 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Chicago-based Sun-Times Media Holdings LLC will close 11 free weekly Sun newspapers, mostly in the Western Suburbs, by late December, the company's CEO Jeremy Halbreich ...
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Rolland's Jewelers to close at Westfield HawthornNov 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Rolland's Jewelers, a longtime family-owned store at Westfield Hawthorn Shopping Mall, plans to close by late December. But that won't be the last you'll hear from owne...