Business Columns
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Next year could bring higher business tax billsDec 16, 2013 6:34 am - You’re forgiven if you don’t plan to turn handsprings next year when you write your annual check to Uncle Sam, but for most business owners the 2013 tax experience appar...
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Elburn photographer creates 3-D studio for holidaysDec 16, 2013 4:30 am - Jan Baumgartner, a photographer from the unincorporated Elburn area, didn’t want to do typical portraits, especially for the holidays. She wanted to make the studio expe...
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Work Advice: Co-worker danger zonesDec 15, 2013 5:02 am - You don’t have to like your colleagues, but you shouldn’t have to fear them. Two cases of disquieting co-workers, one concerning a reclusive and one that involves more a...
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Private health insurance exchange in RosemontDec 13, 2013 4:11 am - Rosemont-based Flexible Benefit Service Corp.’s private health insurance exchange launched last year to give small-business employees and the self-employed more health i...
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See Santa at Algonquin and Geneva CommonsDec 09, 2013 10:36 am - There is still plenty of time to squeeze in holiday fun up and down the Randall Road corridor before Christmas comes this month. If you haven’t dictated your list to San...
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Elk Grove CEO aims to stamp out hunger for kidsDec 09, 2013 4:30 am - Jamie Pritscher, co-founder and CEO of Elk Grove-based ThatsCaring.com aims to help eliminate hunger among schoolchildren. Pritscher and her team have revamped the focu...
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Plan to sell the business to fund retirement? Plan long-termDec 09, 2013 4:00 am - Planning matters for entrepreneurs starting up. It turns out, however, that planning may matter even more if you’re nearing the other end of the spectrum and looking at ...
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How to keep change going in your officeDec 08, 2013 5:30 am - “Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and taxes — it should be postponed as long as possible and no...
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Excessively foggy windows may be heat issueDec 06, 2013 11:10 pm - Q. My vehicle is a 2006 Chrysler 300 Touring model with a 3.5-liter V-6 engine and almost 85,000 miles. I have an issue in which, more often than not, the windows fog up...
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Child model from Mount Prospect now has agency of her ownDec 02, 2013 4:38 am - Mount Prospect resident Paige L. Ehlman has parlayed child modeling gigs into a 20-year career in modeling and acting. Now, at age 39 she has opened her own modeling ag...