2014 June Issue

    Sometimes the best “word-of-mouth” is the word you yourself put there.    For a businessman it’s the words typed into the subject line of an email, intended for potential customers.    Finding the right, catchy phrases can be the difference in making a sale or not. And nothing spells “delete” faster than nondescript, says Barry Coziahr,…

Illinois State Chamber of Commerce By Douglas L. WhitleyPresident and CEOIllinois StateChamber of Commerce     Here is a wrap-up of some of the major legislative items passed out of the Illinois Legislature this year.    Sales tax sourcing second notice rules filed    The Department of Revenue’s Second Notice of Rulemaking was filed May 29 and…

    ALTON — A business group’s plan to link local food growers, buyers and entrepreneurs is getting thousands of dollars in community contributions and gardens full of support.    The Great Rivers Market Fresh Network, a nonprofit project of the still-new Alton Area Business Development Association, was officially launched in May after some three years of…

    ST. LOUIS — It took about two days this past month for a panel of experts to distill down the problems that young, financially strapped Americans need only a minute to express: Things are rough, and they are not going to get better soon.    But which generation faces the roughest climb? It may come…