Business Columns
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Vanishing Ink Tattoo Removal opens in St. CharlesJan 10, 2016 10:00 pm - For the past three years, Diane and Mark Gibson have been looking into opening a tattoo removal business. They did the research and couldn't find any businesses devoted ...
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Wrong angles on 360-degree reviewsJan 10, 2016 6:40 am - Reader 1: Recently, our nonprofit's new leader implemented a 360-degree evaluation procedure that allows for anonymous rating of all employees' performance. We superviso...
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Lombard entrepreneurs start custom-made jeans companyJan 10, 2016 5:15 am - Leona Liu of Lombard was a student at Elmhurst College when she participated in a study-abroad program in China in 2009. Learning more about the language while in the la...
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With holidays over, it's time to gear up 2016 plansJan 10, 2016 5:12 am - We're almost two weeks into the New Year and there's been no call from me to you to get in gear with your 2016 plans. Until now. There are things to be done - most of wh...
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A better life in five not-so-easy piecesJan 10, 2016 5:12 am - Reading entrails is popular at this time of year. Most stink already. Others stink in the future. There are pronouncements about China, the Middle East, Europe and Russi...
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Chef Roby to open small-plates restaurant in GenevaJan 10, 2016 5:00 am - It's been five years since I first met chef Alain Roby when he was leasing a storefront on Third Street in Geneva to raise money for Saving Tiny Hearts, a cause he remai...
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New mattress store to open in Algonquin GalleriaJan 03, 2016 10:00 pm - No, it's not a Portillo's. Many of you have been emailing to ask about the new building going up in the Galleria in Algonquin, near Famous Dave's and Golden Corral, and ...
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Strategic alliances allow firms to expand servicesJan 03, 2016 4:03 am - Lynn Walsh and Pat Price may not get as many paragraphs in business histories as Apple's Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak or Ben & Jerry's Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, bu...
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How will technology affect business in 2016?Jan 01, 2016 4:30 am - How much can technology change your business in a year? Think about it. Ten years ago, there were no iPhones. Three years ago, few people knew about the cloud. Last year...
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What Tri-Cities readers were talking about in 2015Dec 30, 2015 12:00 am - "Talk of the Town" took on a theme of sorts in 2015. Readers wanted to talk about their favorite things and share with others in the Tri-Cities area. Of course, I was en...