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Small Businesses To Compete With Big Box Stores, On-line Retailers
In Hinsdale’s quaint, historic downtown, more than 80 small businesses are battling both the big box stores and the growing clout of on-line retailers.
Opinion: Obamacare Is Bad For Small Business
As the final days of the presidential campaign of 2012 wind down, there is ongoing concern about what President Barack Obama’s law for requiring businesses to provide health care for its employees will do to small business owners.
Opinion: Businesses Can’t Afford The Proposed $10-Per-Hour Minimum Wage
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. from the South Side of Chicago is introducing a $10-per-hour minimum wage across the nation. As a representative, he introduced the measure to his fellow-congressmen in the House yesterday. It […]
Businesses Can’t Afford The Proposed $10-Per-Hour Minimum Wage
U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. from the South Side of Chicago is introducing a $10-per-hour minimum wage across the nation. As a representative, he introduced the measure to his fellow-congressmen in the House yesterday. It […]
Opinion: Obama Fails To Address Black America’s Disappointments With His Presidency
Many who supported Obama in 2008 did so because they believed that he would help black Americans. The criticism four years later is that having a black president in the White House hasn’t helped African Americans at all.
Opinion: Big Cities’ People-in-Power Don’t Understand Crime And Murder
For America’s big cities: the people who are supposed to have, need to have, and claim to have all the answers simply don’t have a clue.
Businesses Can’t Afford the Proposed $10-Per-Hour Minimum Wage
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.’s $10-per-hour minimum wage proposal could jeopardize small businesses that are already struggling in a tough economy.
Goldman Sachs Provides $20 Million Loans For Chicago Small Businesses
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Goldman Sachs is funneling millions in loans to Chicago’s small businesses as part of a broader program across the country.
Chicago Lags Behind Small-Business Hiring Trend
A new study suggests about one-fourth of small businesses expect to hire more staff in the next six months. But that trend may not be as robust here in Chicago.
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- Four Schools To Be Spared From Closing; Another To Be DelayedHours before a final vote by the Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools officials have agreed to back off of plans to close four of the 53 elementary schools targeted for closing at the end of the school year, Board Vice President Jesse Ruiz confirmed Wednesday morning.415
- Boy, 17, Fatally Shot In Back Of The YardsA teenage boy was fatally shot in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday evening, police said.147
- Police: Man Killed In Jump From Gold Coast BuildingA man jumped to his death early Tuesday from the Gold Coast high-rise building where he lived, authorities said.303
- Police: Man Touches Woman’s Leg At South Loop CTA StationPolice are looking for man who inappropriately touched a woman at a South Loop CTA station Tuesday morning.147
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