Business Columns
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Traction control powers down the engineApr 14, 2013 5:06 am - Q. I have a 2009 Lexus ES 350, purchased new in May 2009, now with 35,000 miles. I have been trying to resolve a problem believed to be associated with the traction cont...
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American Digital expands, hunts for more acquisitionsApr 12, 2013 8:00 am - American Digital Corp., a 25-year-old technology services company, is moving its headquarters from Arlington Heights to Elk Grove Village in coming weeks so it can d...
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Jersey Mike’s opens in South ElginApr 08, 2013 1:14 pm - A friendly rivalry between St. Charles North and South Elgin High Schools helped welcome a new Jersey Mike’s sandwich shop to South Elgin this month. The business opened...
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Bartlett photographer's artistic eye memorializes studentsApr 08, 2013 3:00 am - A Bartlett couple met while college students and that changed their lives. And years later, a connection to other students still impacts their lives, but in a different ...
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Why would a successful web retailer open a traditional store?Apr 08, 2013 2:00 am - After more than a dozen years successfully selling sunglasses on the Internet — not just sunglasses but such top-of-the-line brands as Porsche Design, Serengeti, Vuarnet...
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Work Advice: How to handle negative referencesApr 07, 2013 6:30 am - Recent questions sent to me and to advice maven Carolyn Hax have me thinking about employer references — specifically, about keeping negative ones from demolishing your ...
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Review: Facebook Phone Isn’t as Bad as You ThinkApr 06, 2013 6:56 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. — People have been waiting for the Facebook Phone for years. Not real people, mind you, just technology reporters. Since at least 2009, we’ve seen rumo...
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BikeSpike tracks your stolen bicycle or notifies family of accidentsApr 04, 2013 11:00 pm - When you've had four bicycles stolen, and even hear a hacksaw at 3 a.m. to discover your entire porch and bike gone, tougher security is needed. Or at least a way to tr...
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Bartlett photographer’s artistic eye memorializes studentsApr 03, 2013 10:36 am - A Bartlett couple met while college students and that changed their lives. And years later, a connection to other students still impacts their lives, but in a different ...
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Nanny firm owner sees Alice, not Mary Poppins, as your best betApr 01, 2013 1:00 pm - Erin Krex isn't Mary Poppins. And neither are the hundreds of other nannies that she helps train or place in jobs around the suburbs. Krex, a board member of the Intern...