Business Columns
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When life insurance is like a good lottery ticketJul 10, 2016 1:00 am - Q: My SGLI premium - Serviceman Group Life Insurance - is due to increase soon when I turn 70. I am trying to figure out if I should continue or drop the $200,000 policy...
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Author provides thought gems to considerJul 10, 2016 1:00 am - I don't know Lee Eisenstaedt that well, but we have broken bread a few times and had several interesting conversations about business and management. He is founder and C...
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Arlington Heights lawyer tough on outside, a Lego lover on the insideJul 10, 2016 1:00 am - While attorneys can often be tough when representing their client, they likely find stress relief after work by playing music or volunteering in the community. Susan Da...
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Rosemont's VHT in right location for real estate revolutionJul 08, 2016 1:00 am - Five years ago, I had the opportunity to tour Rosemont-based VHT Studios, a company that promised to turn the residential real estate industry on its ear with a portfoli...
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Kirkland's closed, but new location coming soonJul 06, 2016 5:30 am - Many Kirkland's devotees were shocked this spring to walk up to the popular home decorating store along the Randall Road corridor in Algonquin and find it closed. The st...
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Invest, or pay off debt?Jul 03, 2016 1:00 am - Q: My husband and I are retired and in our 70s. We live on about $8,000 a month from a combination of Social Security, an inherited annuity, my pension and required mini...
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East Dundee park manager loves job too much to leaveJul 03, 2016 1:00 am - Don Holliman of East Dundee has seen a lot of changes after working for 50 years at Santa's Village Azoosment Park in East Dundee, along with its predecessor parks. From...
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'Free' MBA may fit small business needsJul 03, 2016 1:00 am - You've moved past 18th century British poet Alexander Pope's often misquoted, "A little learning is a dangerous thing" and decided a little more learning - maybe even an...
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Classic cars: Second rebuild was a homecoming of sortsJul 02, 2016 11:00 pm - The south Florida sun beat down, rippling off the asphalt in a misty haze. It was a hot one but the two teens barreling down the highway in 1981 didn't care. They were o...
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I didn't take my own adviceJul 02, 2016 6:01 am - By Doug McAllister Several weeks back I answered a question about old trailer tires and taking a trip on them. My advice to the reader was not to travel long distance wi...