Small Business
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July 4 cookouts will cost more this yearNov 04, 2021 1:40 pm - Rising costs for bread, cheese and propane will make today's Fourth of July holiday more expensive than last year, even for those Americans who decide to avoid higher ga...
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Indie artists drum up ties to corporations for successNov 04, 2021 1:35 pm - When Greg Laswell recorded a demo in 2002, he ordered 1,000 copies of the CDs, sold a few if he got the chance and saved the boxes in which they were delivered to use as...
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Here's help for small businesses to find government buyersNov 04, 2021 1:34 pm - Bensenville's Liberty Fastener Co. gets 10 percent of its sales from the federal government - a "very valuable chunk of our business," says Shari Nickens, sales and purc...
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Downtown Elgin eatery goes underNov 04, 2021 1:31 pm - Jef Leary and a friend went out for dinner in downtown Elgin this week. The good news is he got his fill at the Elgin Public House. The bad news is he went there Monday ...
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CPAs: number-crunchers, business advisers or both?Nov 04, 2021 12:48 pm - Just how much should your accountant do for you, especially if, like many business owners, you look at the columns of numbers your CPA provides and see just columns of n...
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Mind-set shift helps 'solopreneurs' find successNov 04, 2021 11:54 am - Linette George walks into a room of strangers and sees the people gathered there as different countries. She's at a networking event - and ready to go. George, "passiona...
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Steps to lower business energy costsNov 04, 2021 11:03 am - There's precious little we can do about prices at the gas pumps, but businesses can take steps, inside and out, that could reduce energy costs ˆ- especially electric ...
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Small businesses fight to survive in tough economy
Nov 04, 2021 10:35 am - PITTSBURGH -- Small business is risky business these days. Costs are rising, profits are shrinking and the ability of the big guys to keep prices relatively lower is dra...
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Legacy distribution drains years of savingsNov 03, 2021 9:37 am - In the late 1960s, The New York Times declared that we had entered the age of "people's capitalism." The paper cited the broad increase in mutual fund and stock ownershi...
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Bank loan opportunities remain strong for small businessNov 02, 2021 7:34 pm - Stocks are down. Bankruptcies are up. Talking heads are talking recession. Turns out it's a good time for small businesses to seek bank financing. So say two bankers who...