Business Columns
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Oldsmobile Toronado a real victoryDec 27, 2015 10:00 pm - Jim Ostrander has a soft spot for discarded and unloved things — especially vehicles. He's found they're big on fun and small on price. Even before he could drive, he sc...
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How employers can make moving easierDec 27, 2015 6:32 am - Recently, I shared suggestions for workers struggling to adapt to an office move. This week, it's the employers' turn. Personal and career counselor Jim Weinstein recall...
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How to be an index fund investor at FidelityDec 27, 2015 4:07 am - Q: I can't complain - I have investments, retirement funds, a pension, etc. I'm comfortable with how they are all being managed. My wife, however, would be more comforta...
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People around suburbs made their mark in 2015Dec 27, 2015 4:00 am - They overcame obstacles, were innovative, or had a mission. In any case, this year was filled again with some impressive, fun and entrepreneurial people from around the ...
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The emotional baggage of an office moveDec 20, 2015 6:39 am - It's moving day. Your essential work tools - dog-eared reference books, stacks of ratty notepads - have been jumbled into plastic crates, to be offloaded into a sleek, m...
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New federal overtime pay rules running lateDec 20, 2015 6:18 am - Karla Dobbeck thinks Uncle Sam has given business owners a gift: Changes to overtime pay rules that initially were expected to take effect next month now aren't likely t...
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Another big win for reverse mortgagesDec 20, 2015 5:32 am - In the vast universe of consumer borrowing, reverse mortgages get little respect. They cause the same kind of eyebrow lift as pawn tickets, car title loans, rent-to-own ...
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Ying's Kitchen came to Lake County via China ... and ToledoDec 20, 2015 12:00 am - When Ying Stoller left her native China, she didn't settle in Chicago or New York or Los Angeles right away. She instead went directly to Toledo, Ohio. Toledo was a town...
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No turns to grow for Elgin's Packaging WholesalersDec 17, 2015 12:00 am - Mike Hrbacek's philosophy on the word “no” may be a primary reason he is running a growing business that sells packaging materials to companies across the country. Growi...
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Fishing travel could do without the excess baggageDec 16, 2015 9:04 am - The map on my office wall is perforated with pinholes from all the local and area fishing destinations and faraway places I have explored. And when I fly someplace, I of...