Business Columns
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Seven 'slow ideas' in personal financeJun 19, 2016 1:00 am - Ideas are odd things. Some spread like wildfire, instantly transforming our lives. Others are slow, taking decades to be recognized as basic truths. Here are seven "slow...
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From laundry to engineering, Lake Forest hospital's Niskanen rubs elbows with the bestJun 19, 2016 1:00 am - Dan Niskanen worked his way of up from the laundry department to systems engineer, spending about 50 years at Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital. The Gurnee resi...
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Motorcycle auction shows diversity exists in the two-wheeled worldJun 15, 2016 11:00 pm - Hear the words “motorcycle auction” and you may conjure up images of big, burly, two-wheeled brutes rumbling down the block. Many such machines could be found at last we...
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Career coach: Drawing the (neck)lineJun 12, 2016 7:10 am - Q: Here's a twist on sexism in the workplace. Why is it OK for women in a professional environment to wear low-cut tops that reveal an inch or more of the line between t...
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Who's the 'Right Who' to take over your business?Jun 12, 2016 1:00 am - For the next few paragraphs, let's assume you own the business - lock, stock and barrel, the whole kit and caboodle. That makes you eligible to answer a question not tha...
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Long life expectancy? Defer Social Security benefitsJun 12, 2016 1:00 am - Q: One of your recent columns was very interesting to me. It was from a 61-year-old woman with a 74-year-old husband. I am 62 and my husband is 78, so there are similari...
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Theater, restaurant work help shape executives skills at Libertyville's MBXJun 12, 2016 1:00 am - Before Jill Bellak became president of Libertyville-based MBX Systems, she worked her way up the ranks of the company, which is common for executives. But before that, ...
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Carbon buildup in the good-old daysJun 11, 2016 5:01 am - By Doug McAllister More from a reader on "gas direct injection" engines. Q. "Back in the day" (1970s), when I was in the auto repair business, the industry had issues wi...
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Westmont firm's auction program aids nonprofitsJun 10, 2016 1:00 am - Consider it a Gesture of good faith. While attending a charity fundraiser in 2011, Jim Alvarez saw room for improvement in the process of the silent auction being held d...
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Marketing executive makes bold move to target womenJun 08, 2016 1:00 am - When Julia Fitzgerald of Arlington Heights took over as chief marketing officer at a Skokie company less than a year ago, she spent time researching the brand, asking qu...