Business Columns
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A/C recharge is more complex than in the pastMay 19, 2013 4:32 am - Q. I have a 2008 Toyota Camry and my air conditioning stopped working. I noticed last year toward the end of the summer that it was not as cold as normal. Then this wint...
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The end of the credit card?May 18, 2013 7:27 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — This week Square announced a new product that took me by surprise: the Square Stand, an iPad holder and credit card reader that’s meant to function a...
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Hackathon aims to solve traffic problems around regionMay 16, 2013 1:36 pm - Typically, when you hear the term “hackathon,” you picture computer geeks sitting in a large room, rifling through untold number of passwords or other avenues to break i...
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Senior entrepreneurs bring patience, experience to startupsMay 13, 2013 5:13 am - Starting a business isn’t just for the younger crowd. Thanks in part to lingering unemployment and to Baby Boomers needing to pad retirement accounts, 25 percent of thos...
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Life not the same for Hoffman mother as GiGi's Playhouse expandsMay 13, 2013 5:00 am - Mother's Day was never quite the same for Nancy Gianni after she gave birth to her daughter GiGi, who had Down syndrome. Then again, why should it be? The little girl in...
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Work advice: The benefit of office bereavement policiesMay 12, 2013 6:02 am - Q: My mother died last fall, leaving me distraught. My boss eventually sent an email to our department about my loss and mentioned that he didn’t circulate a sympathy ca...
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Irksome dome light hard to diagnoseMay 12, 2013 5:10 am - Q. My overhead interior dome lights do not turn off after turning the car off. I have to manually turn them on and off. Also, my left rear passenger door does not open w...
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United Continental ramps up its live TV, Wi-FiMay 09, 2013 11:30 am - Chicago-based United Continental Holdings, which still has some operations in Elk Grove Township, aims to attract more travelers with live TV provided by Direct TV in 20...
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Half Price Books now open for business in AlgonquinMay 06, 2013 1:00 pm - A new bookstore now is open in the former Borders Books location along the Randall Road corridor in the Algonquin Commons Shopping Center. Half Price Books opened last m...
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Sports offer small business marketing opportunitiesMay 06, 2013 8:05 am - Want to reach homeowners? Looking for young families with kids and solid incomes? The Chicago Red Stars have them. So do the Chicago Wolves and Schaumburg Boomers. The B...