Business Columns
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Work Advice: Your mileage might varyMar 05, 2016 10:00 pm - Q: I am a local representative for a company that provides in-home care. I support about 50 local clients and their caretakers, so I'm on the road a lot. The company ask...
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Waukegan tech firm owner helps kids with martial arts, pizzaFeb 28, 2016 6:22 am - Jonathan Kness of Waukegan just opened a pizzeria in Gurnee. He also owns a martial arts school in Gurnee and a technology company in Waukegan. While that sounds like an...
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Budget impasse threatens SBDC programsFeb 28, 2016 5:42 am - Not much attention has been paid to the impact of the state's budget issues on small businesses, but the collective thousands of businesses that 30 Small Business Develo...
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How to make your future go up in smokeFeb 28, 2016 5:33 am - The affluent are better off today, relative to others, than they were 20 years ago. They also live longer than people who are less affluent. So, who can we blame? Surely...
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Fifth Third Bank branch in Elburn to closeFeb 24, 2016 10:00 pm - This is something we are all going to have to get used to, but it's not particularly easy for residents in a small village like Elburn. Bank branches are closing left an...
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You may receive a free gift card at Algonquin CommonsFeb 23, 2016 7:00 am - There are some little random acts of kindness happening at Algonquin Commons along the Randall Road corridor this month, and they involve free gift cards. The mall is ho...
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Work Advice: Snowed in? Your boss can fire youFeb 21, 2016 6:41 am - The blizzard that walloped the East Coast in late January brought a flurry of questions: Q: Do you have any advice for workers whose jobs are being threatened if they're...
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Career Coach: What we should learn from adversityFeb 21, 2016 6:39 am - Recently, a few commentators remarked that Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton did not respond well to questions after his loss to Peyton Manning in the Superbowl. ...
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Wheaton man turns lifelong love of fishing into a businessFeb 21, 2016 5:42 am - As a child, Javier Guevara loved fishing in his native Ecuador. Now the Wheaton resident has parlayed that sport into a growing business by taking anglers on trips of a ...
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Debt and age don't mix wellFeb 21, 2016 5:11 am - Q: For reasons I won't go into here, we recently purchased a second home by taking out a 30-year, $250,000 home equity loan on our primary residence. My instinct was to ...