Business Columns
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MyQ Garage offers universal appeal for smartphone usersJan 24, 2014 6:36 am - Elmhurst-based Chamberlain’s MyQ Garage focuses on safety and convenience for homeowners with smartphones. MyQ Garage, which was introduced in November and then featured...
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Custom kills it at Chicago Cycle ShowJan 21, 2014 11:00 pm - The frosty Midwest still needs to thaw out a bit before regular riding season returns. Yet motorcycle fever was in full swing at the recent 2014 Chicago Cycle Show. The ...
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Entrepreneurial stress: ‘We do too much out of fear’Jan 20, 2014 4:00 am - Payroll to meet. Bills to pay. Checks to (hopefully) arrive. Sales calls to make. Emails to send. There’s stress to being an entrepreneur. It’s how we handle that stress...
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Credit union CEO to help Hispanics, younger peopleJan 20, 2014 4:00 am - Jose Garcia, president and CEO of Northwest Community Credit Union, has spent most of his career in finance and found his niche in credit unions, living by its philosoph...
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Baum on Money: Defining bubbles and the value of income equalityJan 19, 2014 6:06 am - Good morning, folks. Here are some top reads. One easy way to determine if it’s a bubble. The Wall Street Journal’s Jason Zweig has some sage advice when it comes ...
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Baum on Money: Marginal thinking from Fed, false fiscal choicesJan 19, 2014 6:06 am - Morning, all. Here are some of the stories I’ve flagged you should know. A nuanced discussion of marginal costs and benefits. The marginal costs weren’t deemed suff...
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Baum on Money: In La-La land with consumer inflation forecastsJan 19, 2014 6:06 am - Here are some stories I’m reading on the U.S. economy. Once a stigma, always a stigma. Until the 2007-2008 financial crisis, the Fed made it clear to banks that bor...
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Career Coach: The power of using a nameJan 18, 2014 10:00 pm - “A person's name is to him or her the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” — Dale Carnegie. Recently, I was in several situations where I was once again r...
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Geneva’s e-specials via text a hit with local shoppersJan 16, 2014 10:01 am - The Geneva’s Gone Mobile campaign, which provided coupons and other specials sent via text to consumers during the holidays, became such a hit that it will continue...
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Adult ‘snow day’ at Gibby’s pairs wine with chocolateJan 13, 2014 10:46 am - The kids had their turn this month. Now it’s time for the parents to have a snow day. Gibby’s Wine Den along Randall Road in Geneva is hosting an “adult snow day” at 7 p...