Kim Mikus
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Customers respond to 20-year-old family businessJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Doug August is like many young boys; he would rather be outside. For more than 20 years, the Bartlett man has run his own business in which he's always outdoors. The ent...
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LaVezzi goes from the movies to medicineJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - One-hundred years ago, Edward LaVezzi walked door to door with a cigar box filled with parts he invented to fix movie projectors. An engineer, LaVezzi sold the carbon s...
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Walgreen eliminating 1,000 jobs as part of restructuring planJan 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Drugstore giant Walgreen Co. announced its first layoffs ever Tuesday with plans to slash 1,000 jobs by midyear. The job cuts, about 9 percent of the work force, at the...
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Pitching Michelle ObamaJan 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Kathryn Kerrigan, a 28-year-old Libertyville shoe designer, is hoping her pumps make it to the White House. The entrepreneurial marketing teacher at Loyola University h...
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New Round Lake Beach business sells only U.S.-made merchandiseJan 05, 2009 10:00 pm - While the economy may not be conducive to starting a new business, two entrepreneurs believe the timing is right for their venture. Nitai Pandya and Mia Kenig-Bujnarowsk...
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Cardinal asks for unity in fight against abortionJan 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Cardinal Francis George celebrated a special Mass for Life on Saturday evening at Queen of the Rosary Church in Elk Grove Village. The Mass was tied to the upcoming Jan...
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Shoppers expected to buy for themselves todayDec 25, 2008 10:00 pm - 'Twas the day after Christmas, the presents were unwrapped. All I wanted to do was lie down for a nap. But the malls are hosting fabulous sales today; in hopes that whe...
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Snow slows shopping, worries retailersDec 19, 2008 10:00 pm - With a handful of days left until Christmas, stores are usually bustling with activity, excitement and long lines. Friday's snow changed all that. A Lake Zurich toy shop...
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Stores seeking shoppers on Super SaturdayDec 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Last-minute shoppers mixed with retailers offering awesome deals are expected to bring huge crowds to suburban shopping centers Saturday. "Super Saturday," the last Sat...
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Mundelein pet store announces plans to closeDec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - A pet shop that has operated in Mundelein for 21 years is the latest casualty of the desperate economy. Jungleland Pet Center owners Rick and Audrey Frankowski announce...