Anna Marie Kukec
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August home sales in suburbs show promiseSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Realtors around the suburbs were optimistic with higher home sales boosted by first-time buyers, the stimulus credit and favorable mortgage rates during August. But thos...
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Kirk CEO: We will give refunds to homebuyersSep 23, 2009 11:00 pm - The chief executive of bankrupt Kirk Homes vowed Wednesday to return earnest money in full to waiting homebuyers, continue to close on ready homes and keep the company's...
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Kirk Homes reorganization plan denied; creditors discuss next stepsSep 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Streamwood-based Kirk Homes has vowed not to shutter its doors just yet. No liquidation order was issued in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday, so the struggling homebuild...
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Proposed federal agency has consumer groups, chambers at oddsSep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - In the shadow of the health care reform controversy, President Obama's legislation to create a federal agency to oversee financial companies and their loan products sold...
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Job-seekers, others rediscover free technology, resources at librariesSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Technology resources at your public library are being used more than ever now, mostly due to the harsh problems associated with the recession, according to local librari...
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Local small businesses make contactsSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - They sat at tiny bistro tables, just the two of them. They talked about what they do. They exchanged phone numbers. And they were in a room with hundreds of others, all...
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Barrington man grows business that manages local wine festivalsSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Scott Janess of Barrington said he wanted to be just like Jerry Maguire. Sports was on his mind. Being a manager. But wine? Well, it didn't occur to him until later that...
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PlatinumTel announces more deals in pay-as-you-go marketSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - PlatinumTel, a no-strings nationwide wireless provider, has been in business since 2001. But in recent weeks, it's unveiled more plans to compete in the growing pay-as-y...
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Motorola introduces Google Android phoneSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The new social networking smartphone called Motorola Cliq launched Thursday and carries the hope of capturing the Facebook generation to boost the struggling Schaumburg-...
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Foreclosures rise sharply in Illinois last monthSep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - While parts of the economy show signs of relief, Illinois remained in the top 10 with foreclosures during August, according to data expected to be released today. Compar...