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BUSINESS BEAT WRAP: Starbucks on the Move / New Cubs Radio Home / 7-Eleven to Close

The latest business news from across the North Shore, including a new hot dog joint opening in Deerfield and better cell service at Ravinia.

Longtime Glencoe 7-Eleven Likely to Close - Local franchise owners Bob and Lesley Strauss have done business at the location for 40 years, but told the Glencoe News property manager United Investors Inc. were unable to come to terms on a new lease. The last one, which was signed for five years, expires at the end of December.

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Chicago Cubs Games Will be on ‘The Score’ Next Year - Chicago’s earliest sports-talk radio station is trading one of the city’s baseball teams for the other.

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Cellular Service to Improve at Ravinia - The need for this comes from complaints from numerous concertgoers who can’t get reception and word from Highland Park Fire Department officials who have said ambulances often struggle to send emergency medical data to hospitals due to the high volume of cellphone activity during popular concerts.

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