Business Columns
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Barrington entrepreneur takes sauce recipes to store shelvesAug 05, 2013 6:07 am - Mama Jess really is a mom with two sons ... and a food scientist. You don’t often hear those titles together, but Jessica Grelle of Barrington has parlayed her favorite ...
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Successful serial entrepreneur shares her insightsAug 05, 2013 5:00 am - Karen Lennon's first business plan was seven words: We should be doing more in Chicago. Spoken during a breakfast conversation with Peter Fox, then head of Springfield-...
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Work Advice: Is the photo in your email G-rated?Aug 04, 2013 7:38 am - Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Q: I am reviewing resumes from t...
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Google's got the best way to watch TVAug 03, 2013 6:00 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Google's Chromecast doesn't do much. But what it does do, it does so consistently well, and so cheaply, that it's quickly became a primary part of m...
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Poll Vault: What's on your back-to-school shopping list?Aug 02, 2013 12:00 am - By now you've probably seen a bevy of back-to-school commercials plugging calculators, clothes and crayons. Stores have their paper, pens and pencils in prominent places...
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Career Education expands use of new online platform for studentsAug 01, 2013 9:06 am - YouTube Adaptive learning technology customizes programs to the user, in this case, the student taking an online course. It tracks what the student is learning, what sti...
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Naperville inventor sees device sold worldwideJul 29, 2013 3:47 am - Mike Marks of Naperville was watching a Chicago Bears game when his wife asked him to hang a picture on the wall. Like most sports fans, he was torn between watching his...
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Cheaper financing, better results spark business marketplaceJul 29, 2013 1:00 am - This may be the time to put your small business on the market. For one thing, financing tends to be available and, says Eric Dunn, “Money is really cheap.” For another, ...
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Work Advice: When a good boss goes badJul 28, 2013 7:24 am - Q: For six years, I’ve run an office that has two employees: me and my boss. About two months ago, he started being rude and demanding. If I don’t respond to a text or c...
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Cheap headlight bulbs can be a hassleJul 28, 2013 12:10 am - Q. We have a 2004 Buick Ranier on which I have had to replace the low beam headlamps a total of five times — three on right and two on left — over the past two years. A ...