Business Columns
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Counselor's role: To play devil's advocate in businessNov 30, 2015 12:00 am - Wall Street ultimately judges the CEOs who run the big companies. Smaller businesses have Tom Caprel. Caprel is president of Wheaton-based BreakThrough Results Inc., ...
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Area company offers 'private jet' on wheelsNov 29, 2015 10:00 pm - Need some ultra-lux transportation to cart around your out of town family or friends this holiday season? Skip Uber and Lyft and treat them extremely well by booking Pla...
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If it ain't broke, don't fix itNov 29, 2015 7:12 am - Q: I know you and many others are big fans of low-cost index investing. I would agree. It is just simple math. It makes total sense in a rational world. But I don't thi...
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Business owners still the front line in cybercrime warNov 24, 2015 12:00 am - The U. S. government took a step in the war against cybercrime recently with the Senate's approval of a law designed to detect cyber attack patterns and target hackers, ...
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How to shop Black Friday sales in the Fox ValleyNov 22, 2015 10:00 pm - Some of you might be wondering what you're going to do with yourselves now in the early morning hours of Black Friday. For years, you've stood outside in the cold, huddl...
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Workplace advice: Pasture time for old, gray colleague?Nov 22, 2015 6:18 am - Q: A seventy-something co-worker, "Susan," has worked in our government agency for more than four decades (we have no mandatory retirement age). She religiously works a ...
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If you need our social safety net, take time to learn itNov 22, 2015 5:15 am - Q: What is the number of quarters needed in each age group to qualify for Social Security disability? Also, what is the difference between Social Security and SSI benefi...
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Love of talk, innovation leads to TedNov 22, 2015 12:00 am - Many IT industry types think of Arthur Zards as the co-founder of Lisle-based XNet Information Systems Inc., an Internet service provider. While IT people are known to ...
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Advisory boards: No power, but ideas 'to chew on'Nov 20, 2015 12:00 am - Conceptually, advisory boards are a slam dunk: The Small Business Encyclopedia at entrepreneur.com defines an advisory board as "an informal group of local business prof...
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Geneva wine business named after family vacationNov 19, 2015 12:00 am - A passion for wine sparked a Geneva couple to launch a business selling high end California wines over the Internet. Pat and Robbin Pipp recently launched Bright Angel ...