All Stories from April 14, 2013 (Change date)
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Partnerships hard to maintain long-termApr 14, 2013 7:00 am - Each week, I hear from entrepreneurs who are struggling with “partnership” issues. They go into a business arrangement full of hope for a happy future, but the honeymoon...
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Kane County write-ins fought the good fightApr 14, 2013 7:00 am - Running as a write-in candidate is a notoriously uphill battle, but two such candidates in Kane County — despite not winning their races — stood out for racking up an im...
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6 key considerations when applying for a mortgageApr 14, 2013 7:00 am - For most would-be homebuyers, making a run at homeownership is going to mean getting approved for a home loan. It's a process that, at best, can be stressful and confus...
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Vanguard exec: Don't ditch bonds when rates riseApr 14, 2013 7:00 am - BOSTON — Tim Buckley may be today's most influential fund industry leader, measured by his impact on how Americans' retirement funds are invested. In January, he became ...
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Making a bar to stay clean and soberApr 14, 2013 7:00 am - Some people don't understand the concept of a "sober bar" like The Other Side, a first-of-its-kind spot in the Midwest that's set to open April 27 in Crystal Lake. "The...
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Palatine to consider housing for people with mental illness, disabilitiesApr 14, 2013 7:00 am - Motivated by the severe shortage of facilities and undeterred by resistance in two nearby suburbs, several organizations have banded together to propose a permanent supp...
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Waistline index grows as emerging markets eat fast foodApr 14, 2013 6:59 am - Fast food and expanding waistlines are not just an American health concern. Even as McDonald’s, Yum Brands and Domino’s Pizza work to placate anti-obesity advocates at h...
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Holocaust’s lessons applicable todayApr 14, 2013 6:45 am - ROCKFORD — In November 1938, Ruth Stern got into a rented Volkswagen with the two members of the Gestapo she had bribed to save her husband. She had to beg them to take ...
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Joan Baez returns to past in VietnamApr 14, 2013 6:17 am - HANOI, Vietnam — At 72, Joan Baez is not short of events to anticipate: She has her mother’s 100th birthday party, a tour of Australia and a new passion — painting — to ...
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Sunday picks: Spend 'April in Paris' with Claudia HommelApr 14, 2013 6:00 am - 'April in Paris' Cabaret singer Claudia Hommel presents “April in Paris,” a concert featuring both French and American songs, at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at the Whe...