Small Business
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Downtown Elgin eatery goes underJul 01, 2008 11:00 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?Jun 25, 2008 11:00 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 successJun 18, 2008 11:00 pm - 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 costsJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - 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
Jun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - 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 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...