Business Columns
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What should you be getting paid? New salary tool could help you find outOct 23, 2016 7:16 am - Salary transparency has been a big buzzword in recent years. President Barack Obama signed an executive order that bans federal contractors from retaliating against work...
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Why it makes sense to defer Social Security benefitsOct 23, 2016 1:00 am - Q: One of your columns using death-risk adjustments hit close to something I have been considering as my wife and I get closer to Social Security age. The common wisdom ...
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How small businesses can help solve homeless problemsOct 20, 2016 1:00 am - "Look, Bill. The Swansons - she has that CPA firm in Glenview - have added something to our group's monthly dinner party." "What's up? Do we have to bring our own food t...
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October a busy month for Costume and Magic Trick Shop in South ElginOct 16, 2016 11:00 pm - Tucked between the bigger box costume and party stores up and down the Randall Road corridor is a small, locally owned shop that's in the midst of its busiest time of th...
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Company's faith-based holiday policy doesn't flyOct 16, 2016 7:15 am - Q: My daughter works for a car dealership that employs 19 people. The owner, an Orthodox Jew, gives every employee two paid holidays a year: Thanksgiving and Christmas. ...
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How much can you invest in stocks for a secure retirement?Oct 16, 2016 1:00 am - Q: I think I'm in a unique situation. I'm 75 years old, very healthy and active, married to a woman who is financially independent, have various retirement incomes such ...
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'Sweet Baby' Raymond would rather help inner city kidsOct 16, 2016 1:00 am - Dave Raymond of Wood Dale is best known for his role as co-creator of Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce. While the sauce line was sold a while ago, he is now focusing on a...
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Are small businesses missing good loan opportunities?Oct 16, 2016 1:00 am - Set aside the nearly genetic, if somewhat justifiable, small business concerns about government paperwork, and the fact arises that we may be missing some good financing...
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UPS to test unique hybrids in areaOct 14, 2016 1:00 am - Some of those ubiquitous big brown delivery trucks rolling through the suburbs will be soon be leaving a smaller carbon footprint. UPS, with the help of a grant from the...
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Friend has a bad reputation in his field. Do you tell him?Oct 13, 2016 1:00 am - Q: I work in an industry that is youth oriented and freelance driven. Creative professionals in this field tend to get work through positive word-of-mouth. I was once in...