Business Columns
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Being active is usually good in investingOct 18, 2015 6:56 am - Q: My husband and I have about $1.5 million in assets with a financial planner, and we've been with him for about 15 years. His fee is 1 percent per year. We have a fe...
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How to 'stage' your businessOct 18, 2015 6:30 am - Sheila Schostok mostly stages houses, working with homeowners and Realtors to make a house for sale look as appealing as possible. You know: Rearrange the furniture. Hid...
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Wiegel breaks barriers in metal stamping industryOct 18, 2015 6:12 am - Erica Wiegel of Elk Grove Village wanted to make a name for herself as one of the few women in the metal stamping industry. So she worked side-by-side with her father, ...
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What to do when your boss is a bad tipperOct 18, 2015 1:00 am - Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Reader: My boss is a bad tipper. When we ...
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If Adobe won't retire Flash, just hit deleteOct 17, 2015 7:37 am - Arguably the most useless and obnoxious piece of near universally installed software, Adobe Flash has received another kick that ought finally to send it to its grave. A...
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Liability switch could leave merchants holding the cardOct 13, 2015 1:00 am - The days of the swipe are over. Get ready to dip. The anti-theft credit card technology that has been a standard overseas for the past decade is now making its way into ...
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Own your building? Time for pre-winter maintenanceOct 12, 2015 1:00 am - The unexpectedly cool start to October should have been a reminder for entrepreneurs who own the building that houses their business (and perhaps others whose rent helps...
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Algonquin salon's colorful way of helping cancer patientsOct 11, 2015 11:00 pm - Salon 37, along Randall Road in Algonquin, started its Pink Hair for Hope Campaign eight years ago. Every October, stylists would put pink hair strands into their custom...
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Work advice: Employees left to their own devicesOct 11, 2015 7:44 am - Q: I am a general manager of a store in a large retail chain. Recently, our VP mandated that each store conduct online consumer outreach through its own Facebook and Ins...
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Career Coach: Take a page from the pope. Be humble.Oct 11, 2015 7:43 am - "Humility is not thinking less of yourself; It's thinking of yourself less" C.S. Lewis Pope Francis' visit to the United States brought to light and reinforced the messa...