Business Columns
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Veteran attorney shares start up adviceSep 13, 2015 6:12 am - A law firm is not an accounting practice, advertising agency, consulting business of almost any sort, IT support business, headhunter, sales adviser, business broker, fi...
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McDonald's growth helped family behind A.J. AntunesSep 13, 2015 5:12 am - Wherever Oak Brook-based McDonald's went, so did Glenn Bullock and his family along with Carol Stream-based A.J. Antunes & Co., When Bullock joined A.J. Antunes in 1983,...
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Elgin drone video, photo business riding industry's rapid growthSep 08, 2015 1:00 am - It began as a flight of fancy for Dan Isaacson, and in only two years it soared into a business that's on track to hit seven-digit revenues by year's end. Isaacson is CE...
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Review financials now to avoid tax issues laterSep 07, 2015 6:55 am - There may be a benefit to the early start of the 2016 presidential campaign. A perhaps cautious Congress hasn't initiated the type of broad tax legislation that brings h...
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How to spend more now, less laterSep 07, 2015 6:55 am - Allow me to introduce the Hedonic Tilt. That's a formal title for what most of us want to do in retirement. We want to spend more now, while we can enjoy it. And we'll c...
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Ask the Fool: No right numberSep 07, 2015 6:12 am - Q: What's the best number of shares of a stock to own? - C.W., Somers, Wisconsin A: Don't think in terms of the number of shares. Think instead of their total value. You...
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Machining executive turns to podcasts to boost industrySep 06, 2015 8:00 am - When Jim Carr of Inverness decided to enter the family business, Carr Machine & Tool Inc. in Elk Grove Village, it took him in an unexpected direction in the machining i...
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Career Coach: Work-Life Balance? Does your company care? It should.Sep 06, 2015 7:36 am - Recently, there have been a number of stories that have come out highlighting practices at companies that have or have not reinforced having both a job and a family (lif...
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Retirement money should flow toward lower feesSep 06, 2015 7:12 am - Q: My husband and I are both 43. He is a federal employee. I'm self-employed in real estate and other consulting gigs. He has $283,000 in the Thrift Savings Plan. He has...
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Ask the Fool: Reverse-splitting headachesSep 06, 2015 6:45 am - Q: Should a company's reverse split worry me? - R.S., Larkfield-Wikiup, California A: It's at least a red flag. A healthy and growing company will occasionally execute a...