Business Columns
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How an Antioch mom became an HGTV starMar 09, 2015 11:00 pm - Tiffany Brooks' life might have been totally different had it not been for a three-word email from her brother. The words were: "Here's your chance." The email also con...
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NL Chemical CEO receives China's highest honorMar 09, 2015 1:00 am - When Norman N. Li left mainland China to go to Taiwan after World War II, he didn't think he would one day receive China's highest honor for scientists. But he did - mor...
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Projects to complete while hoping for springMar 09, 2015 1:00 am - There are some business tasks to tackle while you're waiting for that first daffodil: • Organize your email lists. Email messages, especially those appropriately underst...
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Career Coach: Why do bosses fail? Sometimes they are too cautiousMar 08, 2015 7:37 am - Have you ever prepared a report for a manager about a future opportunity for your firm, and waited and waited and waited, hoping it would eventually be implemented? And ...
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Work Advice: More workers wondering, 'Is this legal?'Mar 08, 2015 7:35 am - After my last "Is this legal?" column, I received that same question from other workers forced to put in grueling hours, paid and unpaid. According to Declan Leonard, ma...
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Like oil, different fluids can also get dirtyMar 07, 2015 11:00 pm - After my last column on transmission fluid, one of our readers thought it would be good if I wrote about some of the other fluids that need to be changed on a car. So to...
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UnitedHealthcare debuts new app features so you can stay mobileMar 05, 2015 12:00 am - UnitedHealthcare's mobile app, Health4Me, has introduced new features that allow users to pay bills securely, manage their health care claims, and even compare prices of...
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Where to find SBA lenders, loan informationMar 02, 2015 12:00 am - The good news is that the SBA loan program is easier to navigate than lingering tales of paperwork snafus and other delays suggest. Not so good is the fact that finding ...
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Lincolnshire entrepreneur has worked around the globeMar 02, 2015 12:00 am - Paul Vosters is originally from the Belgium Congo and his trek through several countries has led him to speak five languages and ultimately settle in Lincolnshire to fos...
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Pontiac is too perfect to part withMar 01, 2015 11:00 pm - While walking out of New Trier High School one spring day, Ira Kessler laid eyes on “the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen in my life.” It was 1971 and Kessler, a high ...