Small Business
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Legacy distribution drains years of savingsMar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - 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 businessFeb 27, 2008 10:00 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...
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High-return funds pose rebalancing anxietyFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Q. It is time for the annual rebalancing of my portfolio. Two of my funds, Vanguard Precious Metals and Mining (ticker: VGPMX) and Vanguard Energy (ticker: VGENX), have ...
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The Millennial generation is a huge, but tough to crack, marketFeb 13, 2008 10:00 pm - If MySpace, LinkedIn, YouTube and text messaging aren't what you typically think about when you think about ways to reach younger consumers -- those 20-something young a...
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'Fro-yo' frenzy hits the Chicago marketJan 19, 2008 10:00 pm - A healthy, tart-tasting frozen yogurt is winding its way into the Chicago area. After making a huge splash on the East and West coasts, the hip product resembling soft-s...
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Dreaming of your own business? Read this firstNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - Charles Evans has a wife, three kids and a mortgage; a good job; and -- oh, oh -- a perhaps irresistible entrepreneurial urge "to do something on my own." That's likely ...
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Talking to employees can ease pain of benefit costsNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - The monthly premium for our company's health insurance coverage goes up 16 percent on January 1. Ouch. Again. But Luis Cruz says our increase "is not too bad. Twenty-...
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Small business in cross hairs of industry's fight against piracy
Nov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Michael Gaertner worried he could lose his company. A group called the Business Software Alliance was claiming his 10-person architectural firm was using u...
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Sounds Abound brings wedding quests to their feetNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - From aluminum siding salesman to professional disc jockey, Ken Overbey has turned a part-time job and hobby into a $1 million-a-year business. In 1995 he walked away fro...
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Wrong turn reveals right location for Insty-PrintsNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - When Brian Walsh and his father Pat took a wrong exit off the highway, they turned around at a defunct gas station. Later they seized on the land as a low-cost location ...